| 单词 | to draw one's legs after |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto draw one's legs after (one) P4. to draw one's legs after (one) and variants (now rare): to walk very slowly or with difficulty; to drag one's feet, esp. due to tiredness, illness, or the like. ΚΠ 1542 N. Udall in tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f. 30 (note) He must walke vp and down so long vntil he feled suche weakenesse and feblenesse that he should drawe his legges after hym. 1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. M2 Hilario Will you march... Vbaldo I can hardly Draw my legs after me. 1736 J. Wybourne Let. in Post-Office Intelligence xxvi. 43 He [sc. the sufferer from gonorrhœa] ventures abroad in the Sunshine, drawing his Rowling-Pin-Legs after him. 1866 Farmer's Mag. Sept. 233/1 This is especially noticeable when he [sc. a lame horse] is in action,..so badly does he draw his legs after. 1923 S. O'Kelly Wet Clay xiv. 190 Luke was moodily silent, drawing his legs after him, his air that of a man who was grossly wronged. < as lemmas |
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