off one's feet
Example Sentences
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A favorite practice of her British mother, the lie-down is just what it sounds like: a short stint off one’s feet.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2024
"The wind is enough to carry one off one's feet; though, to be sure, it's quiet enough here."
From The Marriage of Elinor by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
I think one has a little natural nervousness at being carried off one's feet.
From The Awkward Age by James, Henry
The opening of one of the complimentary odes, "Celebrate this festival," fairly carries one off one's feet with the excess of jubilation in the rollicking rhythm and living melody of it.
From Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians by Runciman, John F.
There are moments of madness, moments that carry one off one's feet, which come alike to the slave and his master.
From The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
