fall from grace
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Meaning · English
To lose favor or status, often due to a mistake or scandal
Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt
Mất lòng tin hoặc địa vị, thường do sai lầm hoặc scandal
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Literally: to fall from a state of grace or divine favor
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
Their fall from grace will be meteoric.
The fall from grace of Heritage Secretary Mr Mellor earned him joint second place with the BBC's ratings disaster Eldorado.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “fall from grace” mean?
To lose favor or status, often due to a mistake or scandal Literally: to fall from a state of grace or divine favor
Is “fall from grace” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.