| 单词 | to be good on one's feet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be good (fast, quick, etc.) on one's feet d. to be good (fast, quick, etc.) on one's feet and variants: to be agile or nimble; to be skilled at moving or placing one’s feet when dancing or playing a sport. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1823 Sporting Mag. May 107/2 To use a technical term, he is supposed to be particularly ‘good on his feet’. 1862 New Jerusalem Mag. Aug. 96 He is as nimble on his feet as the youngest man could be. 1883 6th Rep. Comm. Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms in Rep. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 15 85 A native of Brixham spoke of himself as being ‘lusty on the foot’. 1901 R. Fitzsimmons Physical Culture & Self-Defense vi. 58 A boxer..must learn to be quick—quick on his feet. 1984 InfoWorld 27 Feb. 108/2 When you decide you're going to play in the low end of the marketplace where the dynamics and the time constraints change radically from year to year, you have to be very fast on your feet. 2013 Aberdeen Evening Express (Nexis) 2 May 16 I'm fast on my feet because I was a dancer. < as lemmas |
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