E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Lift up the Heel against Me (To).
To kick me (physically or morally); to
treat with contumely or contempt: to oppose, to become an enemy. As an unruly horse kicks the master who trusts and feeds him.
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“Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted his heel against me.”—Psalm xli. 9.
