kick up your heels

kick up (one's) heels

1. To engage or partake in jovial festivities, especially by dancing. They spent most of their Saturdays kicking up their heels at the various nightclubs around town.

2. To relax or lounge with one's feet elevated, as on a sofa, recliner, bed, etc. After such a long week, all I wanted to do for the evening was kick up my heels and watch some movies with a big bowl of popcorn.

See also: heel, kick, up

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

kick up your heels

BRITISH

If you kick up your heels, you enjoy yourself a lot, for example at a party. Lucia was spotted kicking up her heels in the Tangiers Club. After years of working hard and raising all those children, I could kick up my heels and go entirely where I wanted to. Note: This refers to a horse that has been released into a field, as horses commonly do this as they gallop off.

See also: heel, kick, up

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

kick up your heels

have a lively, enjoyable time. chiefly North American

See also: heel, kick, up

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

kick up your ˈheels

(informal, especially American English) be relaxed and enjoy yourself: Now that he’s more confident in his job, perhaps he can kick up his heels and stop looking so worried all the time.

See also: heel, kick, up

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

See also:

kick (one's) heels up
kick heels up
kick up (one's) heels
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kick up one's heels
partake of
partake of (something)
dirty (one's) hands
dirty one's hands
get hands dirty and dirty hands; soil hands

References in periodicals archive

Bahrain City Centre hosted the 'Kick up your heels' Walkathon on Saturday -- a 3km walk to support Think Pink Bahrain.

The 'Kick up your heels' Walkathon will become an annual event to raise further awareness and cash donations as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the kingdom.

Walkers set brisk pace for charity

The sandals aren't the easiest footwear to kick up your heels to have some fun in - and one model ended up stumbling rather than strutting down the runway after losing her balance.

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OPI also offers an entire array of Kick Up Your Heels with OPI holiday promotions featuring OPI bestsellers wrapped with festive bonuses and new surprises, all perfect for holiday gift-giving and celebrating.

For the upcoming holiday season OPI joins with the Radio City Rockettes to offer an array of colors for nails and lips

词组	kick up your heels
释义	kick up your heels kick up (one's) heels 1. To engage or partake in jovial festivities, especially by dancing. They spent most of their Saturdays kicking up their heels at the various nightclubs around town. 2. To relax or lounge with one's feet elevated, as on a sofa, recliner, bed, etc. After such a long week, all I wanted to do for the evening was kick up my heels and watch some movies with a big bowl of popcorn. See also: heel, kick, up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. kick up your heels BRITISH If you kick up your heels, you enjoy yourself a lot, for example at a party. Lucia was spotted kicking up her heels in the Tangiers Club. After years of working hard and raising all those children, I could kick up my heels and go entirely where I wanted to. Note: This refers to a horse that has been released into a field, as horses commonly do this as they gallop off. See also: heel, kick, up Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. kick up your heels have a lively, enjoyable time. chiefly North American See also: heel, kick, up Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary kick up your ˈheels (informal, especially American English) be relaxed and enjoy yourself: Now that he’s more confident in his job, perhaps he can kick up his heels and stop looking so worried all the time. See also: heel, kick, up Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: kick (one's) heels up kick heels up kick up (one's) heels kick up heels kick up one's heels partake of partake of (something) dirty (one's) hands dirty one's hands get hands dirty and dirty hands; soil hands References in periodicals archive Bahrain City Centre hosted the 'Kick up your heels' Walkathon on Saturday -- a 3km walk to support Think Pink Bahrain. The 'Kick up your heels' Walkathon will become an annual event to raise further awareness and cash donations as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the kingdom. Walkers set brisk pace for charity The sandals aren't the easiest footwear to kick up your heels to have some fun in - and one model ended up stumbling rather than strutting down the runway after losing her balance. THE HEIGHT OF FASHION OPI also offers an entire array of Kick Up Your Heels with OPI holiday promotions featuring OPI bestsellers wrapped with festive bonuses and new surprises, all perfect for holiday gift-giving and celebrating. For the upcoming holiday season OPI joins with the Radio City Rockettes to offer an array of colors for nails and lips
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