"pull the rug out from under" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 突然让人失去依靠
• 打击（某人）

Definition

突然让某人失去支持或优势，让他措手不及地陷入困境。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

属于非正式、比喻用语，常见于工作、人际、体育等场景，强调突然失去支持并陷入困境。不要用于实际的地毯动作。

Examples

When the company closed, it pulled the rug out from under its workers.

公司倒闭时，**突然让员工失去依靠**。

Her best friend pulled the rug out from under her by telling her secret.

她最好的朋友泄露了她的秘密，等于**突然让她失去依靠**。

He felt like someone pulled the rug out from under him when he lost his scholarship.

失去奖学金时，他觉得被**突然打击了**。

Just when I thought my plan was working, my boss pulled the rug out from under me.

正当我以为计划顺利时，老板却**突然让我失去了依靠**。

You can trust me—I’d never pull the rug out from under you.

你可以相信我——我绝不会**突然让你失去支持**。

The city council really pulled the rug out from under us by changing the rules last minute.

市议会在最后时刻改规则，真的是**让我们突然失去了依靠**。