make a leg
make a leg
obsolete To make a show of obeisance or fealty by bowing deeply (drawing one's right leg back in the process). As I began extinguishing the lamps for the night, a small wiry man appeared before me, wearing a comically oversized suit and making a leg in a most melodramatic fashion.
See also: leg, make
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- fall on (one's) knees
- fall on knees
- fall to (one's) knees
- prostrate
- prostrate (oneself) before (someone or something)
- prostrate oneself before
- Chinese
- Chinese compliment
- God save the King/Queen
- GSTK/Q