land on (your) feet

British, American & Australian, British & Australian

to be lucky or successful after you have been in a difficult situation.

She really landed on her feet - she found an apartment right in the middle of San Francisco.

Richard takes the most awful risks, but he always seems to fall on his feet.

• see someone for what are
• see someone for what really are
• see someone for what they are
• see someone for what they really are
• see someone in hell before
• see someone in hell before doing something
• see someone in the flesh
• see someone in their true colours
• see someone in true colours
• see someone off
• see someone out
• see someone right
• see someone's true colours
• see someone through
• see someone through something
• see something for what are
• see something for what really are
• see something for what they are
• see something for what they really are
• see something through
• see stars
• see the back of
• see the back of someone
• see the back of something
• see the colour of money