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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......"
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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,
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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.
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>...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.
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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]
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moving from feet to shoes, how did we miss waiting for the other shoe to fall?
and a barefooted contessa ..
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from feet to shoes
And how did we miss shoefly pie?
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