be footloose and fancy-free

be footloose and fancy-free

To be free of responsibilities, including romantic commitments (a fact that is often highlighted when this phrase is used). I love being a single woman, so I intend to be footloose and fancy-free for a long time. Now that I have a family and a mortgage, I miss being footloose and fancy-free.
See also: and, footloose
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • footloose
  • footloose and fancy free
  • footloose and fancy-free
  • (as) free as (the) air
  • free as air/as a bird
  • (as) free as a bird
  • free as a bird
  • a free lunch
  • free lunch
  • the only free cheese is in the mousetrap
References in periodicals archive
'Because of that, I needed to be footloose and fancy-free. I needed to go where the work was.