under one's feet
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The sense of a world cruelly torn out from under one’s feet was intensified when his mother sold the ranch Sam and his siblings had expected to inherit.
From The Guardian
In addition to the danger of ice blocks moving under one’s feet while crossing the Khumbu icefall, a second set of concerns present themselves overhead.
From Newsweek
Driving is all very well, but with police and traffic wardens constantly under one's feet, added to the normal hazards of British roads, any woman would rather be driven if she had the chance.
From The Guardian
Only think of it—to ride in the darkness under the stars, to make one's horse leap from cloud to cloud, to watch the sea glittering under one's feet and the mountain tops going by.
From Project Gutenberg
After three weeks of continuous sailing the feel of solid ground under one's feet would be a novelty.
From Project Gutenberg
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