drag (one's) feet

1. Literally, to not completely pick up one's feet when walking, so that they drag with each step. Please stop dragging your feet, you're going to wear out the soles of your shoes.

2. To move slowly and reluctantly because one does not want to do something. We can't be late for the dentist, so quit dragging your feet and get in the car!

drag one's feet

Also, drag one's heels. Act or work with intentional slowness, deliberately hold back or delay. For example, The British had been dragging their feet concerning a single European currency. This metaphor for allowing one's feet to trail dates from the mid-1900s.

drag your feet (or heels)

(of a person or organization) be deliberately slow or reluctant to act.

1994 Nature Conservancy We can't afford to drag our feet until a species is at the brink of extinction.

drag your ˈfeet/ˈheels

do something very slowly or delay doing something because you do not want to do it: How much longer will the government go on dragging its feet about whether to invest more money in the railways?

词组	drag (one's) feet
释义	drag (one's) feet drag (one's) feet 1. Literally, to not completely pick up one's feet when walking, so that they drag with each step. Please stop dragging your feet, you're going to wear out the soles of your shoes. 2. To move slowly and reluctantly because one does not want to do something. We can't be late for the dentist, so quit dragging your feet and get in the car! See also: drag, feet Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. drag one's feet Also, drag one's heels. Act or work with intentional slowness, deliberately hold back or delay. For example, The British had been dragging their feet concerning a single European currency. This metaphor for allowing one's feet to trail dates from the mid-1900s. See also: drag, feet The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. drag your feet (or heels) (of a person or organization) be deliberately slow or reluctant to act. 1994 Nature Conservancy We can't afford to drag our feet until a species is at the brink of extinction. See also: drag, feet Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary drag your ˈfeet/ˈheels do something very slowly or delay doing something because you do not want to do it: How much longer will the government go on dragging its feet about whether to invest more money in the railways? See also: drag, feet, heel Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: drag one's feet drag your feet drag your feet/heels walk (one's) feet off walk feet off get a load off (one's) feet get a load off one’s feet feet first balls of feet balls of the/(one's) feet
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