fall from grace

1 fall into a state of sin.

2 fall from favour.

3 an instance of either of these.

❷ 2012New Yorker George Valentin, a star with Fairbanksian dash, struggles to hold back the onset of sound, and, in so doing, falls from grace.

❸ 2004Times Literary Supplement Celebrities … seek publicity one day and then complain when their fall from grace becomes a tabloid scoop.