If the banks opt to pull the rug from under the ill-fated project, it will go into liquidation.

如果这些银行选择不再支持那项倒霉的工程，它就将破产。

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Or, at least, they will not pull the rug from under the coalition.

ECONOMIST: Indian politics

As state legislatures confront the toughest challenges of welfare reform, Congress is proposing to pull the rug from under them.

ECONOMIST: The crunch comes for welfare reform

It may grumble about the dollar's dominance in the global trading system, but it has no desire to pull the rug from under America's economy.

ECONOMIST: Round and round it goes