pull the rug out from under

Remove all support and assistance from, usually suddenly. For example, Stopping his allowance pulled the rug out from under him, forcing him to look for a job . This metaphoric term alludes to pulling on a rug a person is standing on so that he or she falls. [Mid-1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Martine	mar-TEEN (French), mahr-TEE-nə (Dutch)	French, Dutch, Norwegian
Ingram	ING-grəm	English
Haskel	-	Yiddish
Chloe	KLO-ee (English)	English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Sadb	SIEV (Irish)	Irish, Irish Mythology
Feodosiy	-	Russian