get (one's) sea legs
get (one's) sea legs
1. To become acclimated to being on a ship. I'm afraid I'll have to spill my guts overboard before I get my sea legs on that whale watching tour.
2. By extension, to become acclimated to something new. Oh, you've only been at your new job for a week—you'll get your sea legs eventually.
See also: get, leg, sea
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- spill over
- a beached whale
- get used
- spill the tea
- spill (the) tea
- every eel hopes to become a whale
- Nantucket sleigh ride
- sleigh
- on deck
- throw a tub to the whale