You felt life had just pulled the rug from under her feet.你觉得生活给了她当头一棒。Unless we could persuade the bank not to pull the rug from under us we were finished.除非能够说服银行别拆我们的台，否则我们就完蛋了。If the banks opt to pull the rug from under the ill-fated project, it will go into liquidation.如果这些银行不再对这个倒霉的项目提供支持，它也就破产了。