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

• 突然讓人失去依靠
• 打擊（某人）

Definition

突然讓某人失去支持或優勢，使對方措手不及地陷入困境。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

屬於非正式、比喻用語，常見於工作、人際、運動等場景，強調突然失去支持並陷入困境。不要用於實際的地毯動作。

Examples

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

公司倒閉時，**突然讓員工失去依靠**。

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祕密，等於**突然讓她失去依靠**。

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

失去獎學金時，他覺得被**突然打擊了**。

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

正當我以為計劃順利時，老闆卻**突然讓我失去了依靠**。

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

你可以相信我——我絕不會**突然讓你失去支持**。

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

市議會在最後時刻改規則，真的是**讓我們突然失去了依靠**。