a cloven hoof

cloven hoof

An evil or malicious nature. The devil is typically depicted with cloven hooves. I thought I could trust Eric until he showed the cloven hoof by spreading rumors about me. Jill definitely sabotaged my last two relationships. She might seem nice, but she always shows a cloven hoof eventually.

a cloven hoof

a symbol or indication of evil.

Traditional pictures of the Devil show him with the head and torso of a man but the legs and cloven hoofs of a goat. Therefore, a cloven hoof is a giveaway sign of the Devil.

1959 François Mauriac A Woman of Pharisees She had been a trial to him from the beginning, and now the cloven hoof was beginning to show.

See also: cloven, hoof

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

See also:

cloven
cloven hoof
show the cloven hoof
show (one's) horns
have to hoof it
hoof it
not as black as (one) is painted
not as black as you are painted
painted
black as one is painted

References in classic literature

Then the woman has not a cloven hoof for her dairy, or her loom, and I believe even the grunters, foot sore as they be, are ploughing the prairie.

The Prairie

One second later, I was sitting gasping in the dung channel with the neat imprint of a cloven hoof on my shirt front, just over the solar plexus.

Painful humiliation of dealing with a cow that loves to shake hands

"I couldn't believe it - the footprints were in the shape of a cloven hoof. There were no other marks at all in the snow.

Devon once again spooked by Satan's footprints

Muslims, and my own Jewish religion says: 'Anything to do with a pig is strictly forbidden, only animals with a cloven hoof which chew the cud may be eaten.'

ViewpointsBible makes it perfectly clear

"Unless you have a cloven hoof," says Hays, "you're not going to get this."

Panic in the Barnyard!

Frew retorts that "Murray never said this", that I am putting words into her mouth, and that "There is no mention of a cloven hoof in this section of Murray's book".

Scholarship and Margaret Murray: a response to Donald Frew

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释义	a cloven hoof cloven hoof An evil or malicious nature. The devil is typically depicted with cloven hooves. I thought I could trust Eric until he showed the cloven hoof by spreading rumors about me. Jill definitely sabotaged my last two relationships. She might seem nice, but she always shows a cloven hoof eventually. See also: cloven, hoof Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. a cloven hoof a symbol or indication of evil. Traditional pictures of the Devil show him with the head and torso of a man but the legs and cloven hoofs of a goat. Therefore, a cloven hoof is a giveaway sign of the Devil. 1959 François Mauriac A Woman of Pharisees She had been a trial to him from the beginning, and now the cloven hoof was beginning to show. See also: cloven, hoof Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: cloven cloven hoof show the cloven hoof show (one's) horns have to hoof it hoof it not as black as (one) is painted not as black as you are painted painted black as one is painted References in classic literature Then the woman has not a cloven hoof for her dairy, or her loom, and I believe even the grunters, foot sore as they be, are ploughing the prairie. The Prairie One second later, I was sitting gasping in the dung channel with the neat imprint of a cloven hoof on my shirt front, just over the solar plexus. Painful humiliation of dealing with a cow that loves to shake hands "I couldn't believe it - the footprints were in the shape of a cloven hoof. There were no other marks at all in the snow. Devon once again spooked by Satan's footprints Muslims, and my own Jewish religion says: 'Anything to do with a pig is strictly forbidden, only animals with a cloven hoof which chew the cud may be eaten.' ViewpointsBible makes it perfectly clear "Unless you have a cloven hoof," says Hays, "you're not going to get this." Panic in the Barnyard! Frew retorts that "Murray never said this", that I am putting words into her mouth, and that "There is no mention of a cloven hoof in this section of Murray's book". Scholarship and Margaret Murray: a response to Donald Frew
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