legged
Related to legged: recanalize, premenarchal
be busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest
slang To be very busy or preoccupied. Take this to someone else—I'm busier than a one legged man in a butt kicking contest right now. With the law set to take effect soon, local businesses have been busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest trying to get in line with new regulations.
See also: busy, contest, man
leg it
slang To go somewhere on foot, often quickly. Leg it, guys, the cops are here! We really need to leg it if we're going to make this bus! My car ran out of gas two miles from my house so I just had to leg it home.
See also: leg
loop-legged
slang Severely intoxicated with drugs or alcohol. We all got pretty loop-legged at the staff party, so no one was feeling particularly productive in the office the next day. Jenny must have taken something at the party, because she is acting totally loop-legged.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
ˈleg it
(informal, especially British English) run, especially in order to escape from somebody: We saw the police coming and legged it down the road.See also: leg
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
loop-legged
mod. alcohol intoxicated. She has this strange tendency to get a little loop-legged when she has four or five drinks.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- be busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest
- contest
- I'm busy
- in the thick of (something)
- in the thick of it
- in the thick of something/of doing something
- in the thick of things
- catch (one) on the hop
- catch somebody on the hop
- caught on the hop