单词 | to keep one's feet |
释义 | > as lemmasto keep one's feet (a) to keep one's feet: to stand or walk upright or without falling; to maintain one's footing or balance. Also figurative. Cf. to keep one's legs at leg n. Phrases 3h. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > without stumbling or falling to keep one's feet1579 the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > rise or be standing [verb (intransitive)] > be standing > without falling to keep one's feet1579 to keep one's legs1639 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 755 He could hardly keepe his feete, bicause the earth was very slippery vnder him. 1679 J. Patrick Cent. Psalms xciv. 97 When I despair'd to keep my feet, Thy mercy me upheld. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. i. 5 I trembled so, that I should hardly have kept my feet, had he not supported me. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) ii. 50 Then down I must go, and into bed as soon as possible, very very squeamish. I could not keep my feet in the cabin. 1838 Sailor's Mag. May 370 It was impossible, at times, to keep our feet, without holding on the fixtures of the vessel. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 301 He could not keep his feet in a breeze. 1944 F. O'Connor Crab Apple Jelly 144 Carmody punched him viciously about the head, but Sam pulled him this way and that till he could scarcely keep his feet. 1997 N. Warr Phase Line Green ix. 106 I tripped on something and nearly fell on my face, but..I kept my feet and continued running. < as lemmas |
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