Идиомы на тему Leg and Foot

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  • sit at (someone's) feet
    восхищаться кем-либо
    Elvis Regan is a great singer, and I am ready to sit at his feet for ever.
  • knock (someone) off their feet
    сильно удивить кого-либо, "свалить с ног"
    When my best friend announced that she was going to marry my ex-boyfriend, the news knocked me off my feet.
  • cool one's heels
    быть вынужденным ждать кого-либо из начальства
    Ann had to cool her heels for half an hour in the office before her boss would see her.
  • step/tread on (someone's) toes
    задеть чьи-либо чувства, "наступить на чью-либо любимую мозоль"
    Stephan managed to step on his friends' toes and that turned his friends into his enemies.
  • on one's toes
    быть в состоянии активности
    Our lecturer keeps the students on their toes by giving them a lot of interesting information.
  • stretch one's legs
    размять ноги
    After he had been driving for six hours, he stopped for a while to stretch his legs.
  • regain one's feet
    встать на ноги (после падения)
    The man stumbled over a stone and fell on the sidewalk but quickly regained his feet.
  • set one back on one's heels
    удивить, ошеломить, шокировать кого-либо
    The news, which set my back on my heels, was announced at the interval of thirty minutes.
  • bring (someone or something) to its/their knees
    нанести поражение, поставить кого-либо на колени
    The strike of the taxi drivers brought New York to its knees.
  • go down on one's knees/on bended knee
    умолять, встать на колени
    Alice had to go down on her knees to ask her Mom's permission to go to her friend's party.
  • on the heels of (something)
    вскоре после чего-либо, вслед за чем-либо
    John came that morning on the heels of his letter and insisted on seeing his cousin.
  • on tiptoe
    на цыпочках
    Her son was asleep, and the mother went on tiptoe so that she might not wake him up.
  • toe the line/mark
    подчиняться правилам, слушаться
    The new teacher is strict and she will make the students toe the line.
  • on bended knee
    с большим смирением
    Elena went to me on bended knee to ask me to help her with her English homework.