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 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 John F. Runciman
The fine, toil-worn faces of man and wife, in Golden-Wedding and Four-generations groups in local newspapers, show a thing before which one puts off the shoes from off one’s feet.
From A Northern Countryside by Rosalind Richards
I think one has a little natural nervousness at being carried off one's feet.
From The Awkward Age by Henry James
"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 Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
