Translation/Meaning of "the ground has just been cut out from under sb" — Japanese-English & English-Japanese Translation Dictionary

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the ground has just been cut out from under sb: （人が）信じていたものが一瞬にして崩れ去ったオースター著柴田元幸訳『幽霊たち』(The New York Trilogy ) p. 40