knock the props out from under

knock the props out from under someone

Fig. to destroy someone's emotional, financial, or moral underpinnings; to destroy someone's confidence. When you told Sally that she was due to be fired, you really knocked the props out from under her.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jos	YAWS	Dutch
Raphael	ra-fa-EL (French), RAF-ee-el (English), RAY-fee-əl (English)	German, French, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Tuomas	TOO-o-mahs	Finnish
Nedelko	-	Macedonian
Qadir	-	Arabic
Zuleika	zoo-LAY-kə (English)	Literature