on one's toes, to be

To be fully alert, ready to act. The metaphor of the dancer or runner poised on tiptoe, prepared to go, has been applied to any kind of readiness since the early twentieth century. John Dos Passos used it in Three Soldiers (1921): “If he just watched out and kept on his toes, he’d be sure to get it.”

词组	on one's toes, to be
释义	on one's toes, to be on one's toes, to be To be fully alert, ready to act. The metaphor of the dancer or runner poised on tiptoe, prepared to go, has been applied to any kind of readiness since the early twentieth century. John Dos Passos used it in Three Soldiers (1921): “If he just watched out and kept on his toes, he’d be sure to get it.” See also: on The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: hand over the baton pass on the baton pass the baton hand on the baton baton cautiously optimistic front runner front-runner action stations cautious optimism
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