get a charley horse

get a charley horse

To get a painful muscle spasm that most commonly occurs in the legs. (The term "charley horse" is thought to have originated from baseball slang.) After spending all day on my feet, I got a charley horse in my leg that was so painful, I had to sit down for a while and rest.
See also: charley, get, horse
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • have a charley horse
  • Charley
  • charley horse
  • be a bed of nails
  • a bed of nails
  • salt in the/(one's) wound(s)
  • learn (something) the hard way
  • learn the hard way
  • be better off dead
  • find (something) out the hard way