run (one) off (one's) feet
run (one) off (one's) feet
To make someone work very hard and/or quickly, especially to an exhausting or exasperating degree; to make great demands of someone's time or energy. With the recent reductions in staff, my boss has been running me off my feet lately! Just about every parent on the planet knows how kids can run you off your feet.
See also: feet, off, run
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- rush (one) off (one's) feet
- rushed off your feet
- be run off (one's) feet
- be run off your feet
- be rushed off (one's) feet
- be/get run/rushed off your feet
- get run off (one's) feet
- get rushed off (one's) feet
- put in a hard day's work
- grab someone/something by the throat