on one's knees
Example Sentences
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Well," Rusk replied, "these are questions that one approaches on one's knees.
From Time Magazine Archive
"That dish," he said once, "should be eaten on one's knees."
From Essays in Rebellion by Nevinson, Henry W.
These twenty-eight marble steps that belonged to Pilate’s house in Jerusalem are said to have been once trodden by Jesus and may be ascended only on one’s knees.
From Italy, the Magic Land by Whiting, Lilian
V. cringe, bow, stoop, kneel, bend the knee; fall on one's knees, prostrate oneself; worship &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
He is very good-natured and merry, and all that; but oh, bless you, as for being a person one would be likely to go on one's knees to, why, he is quite the reverse.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
