| 单词 | to have one's feet loose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have one's feet loose b. transferred and figurative, e.g. of something compared to a wild animal. Also of the tongue: Not ‘tied’, free to speak. †to have one's feet loose: to be at liberty to travel (cf. figurative use of loose-footed adj. at Compounds 3d.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > have freedom of action [verb (intransitive)] > be at liberty to travel to have one's feet loose1726 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > of speech > of the tongue untiedc1374 loose1782 1726 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 239 To recover this,..were my feet loose, and my health served me, I would willingly make a London journey. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 230 We sometimes think we could a speech produce Much to the purpose, if our tongues were loose. 1817 P. B. Shelley To W. Shelley i. 7 The winds are loose, we must not stay. a1878 B. Taylor Stud. German Lit. (1879) 115 Then swords are drawn, and murder is loose. < as lemmas |
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