roman superstition had it that it was bad luck to cross a threshhold with ones left foot. to make sure this didn't happen, them that had the where with all, had footmen at their doors..to assist any guest in, and to make sure all who entered entered with the right foot!

Well, that's putting your best foot forward! (Actually, is that where that phrase originated?)

Since I wanted to respond to of troy's post I started a continuation..."The road goes ever on and on/Down from the door where it began......"

Some of these we've mentioned, but not all. I laboriously lifted them from another site, but I've butchered it so much that I think it's ok to just paste here my butcherings. I've put question marks after ones I haven't heard:


in bare feet brings to mind: barefoot and pregnant

on foot


footrest

footsore (adj)


footway (?)

footwear

my foot! (?)

ten feet tall

the boot is on the other foot


to foot it (Is this like "to hoof it," meaning to hurry?)

to be on one's feet

to be on one's feet again

to cut the ground from under
somebody's feet

to drag one's feet

to fall/land on one's feet

to find one's feet (?)

to get off on the wrong foot often a consequence of foot-in-mouth disease

to get to one's feet (?)

to get a foot in the door

to get cold feet

to have feet of clay

to have both feet on the ground

to have one foot in the grave

to have the ball at one's feet

to have two left feet

to let the grass grow under one's feet

to keep one's feet (?)

to put a foot wrong (?--foot-in-mouth disease again?)

to put one's best foot forward

to put one's feet up

to put one's foot in it

to put one's foot down

to set foot (?)

to sit at somebody's feet

to stand on one's own two feet

to walk somebody off their feet sounds alluring

Feet reguards,
WordBlister

Of the ones ww queried, I have heard:

my foot! an expression of disbelief, similar to pull the other one

to find one's feet to get to know the ropes

to get to one's feet to stand up, usually to give a speech

to put a foot wrong I've only heard this one in the negative to not put a foot wrong -- to perform perfectly without any mistakes

to set foot again usually in the negative to have never set foot somewhere -- emphatic way of saying you've never been there (because it's a disreputable place?)

Wordwind also glosses to foot it as to hurry, but I've always heard it as meaning to dance.

Bingley

>...to foot it as to hurry, but I've always heard it as meaning to dance.

and to hot-foot it has to do with haste, maybe with getaways.

and to hot-foot it has to do with haste, maybe with getaways
Ahem... a process with which it sounds as though you are rather familiar...[speaking-of-which e]

moving from feet to shoes, how did we miss waiting for the other shoe to fall?

and a barefooted contessa ..

from feet to shoes

And how did we miss shoefly pie?