don't let the grass grow under your feet

don't let the grass grow under (one's) feet

Be continually active; do not stand still or be idle (thus giving the grass a chance to grow where you're standing). Don't let the grass grow under your feet, kid. Get to work!

don't let the grass grow under your feet

Act with dispatch; don’t delay. This expression dates from the sixteenth century. It appeared in print in 1607 in Edward Topsell’s natural history, Foure-Footed Beasts (“The hare . . . leaps away again, and letteth no grass grow under his feet”).

See also: feet, grass, grow, let

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

See also:

don't let the grass grow under (one's) feet
don't let the grass grow under one's feet
get on (one's) feet
get on feet
get to (one's) feet
get to feet
get to one's feet
balls of feet
balls of the/(one's) feet
regain feet

References in periodicals archive

Don't let the grass grow under your feet any longer, Arsene.

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Don't let the grass grow under your feet when you are in the car.

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"A saying Cal uses quite often, and one he lives by, is: 'Don't let the grass grow under your feet.'"

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Don't let the grass grow under your feet. The current recession means that many employers are hiring fewer people and this is creating fierce competition for jobs.

Play a vital role with a career at your council

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