sprain

Related to sprain: Ankle sprain

sprain (one's) ankle

1. Literally, to injure ligaments in one's ankle by wrenching or suddenly twisting them. At first I thought I had only sprained my ankle, but it turns out I actually broke a few bones when I fell like that.
2. euphemism, obsolete To be or become pregnant. I heard the poor lass was taken in by a rake and ended up spraining her ankle.
See also: ankle, sprain
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sprain one's ankle

to become pregnant. She has, ah, sprained her ankle. From the looks of her, she must have sprained her ankle some months ago.
See also: ankle, sprain
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

sprain one’s ankle

tv. to become pregnant. From the looks of her, she must have sprained her ankle some months ago.
See also: ankle, sprain
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • sprain (one's) ankle
  • sprain ankle
  • sprain one’s ankle
  • ankle biter
  • by ankle express
  • express
  • ankle
  • biters
  • lose (one's) footing
  • be (as) tough as nails
References in periodicals archive
The researchers identified 591,663 patients who were diagnosed with ankle sprain between Jan.
In a Facebook post on Saturday, Hun Sen said he would cancel all meetings scheduled for this week as he needed to leave the country for a medical checkup and treatment of his right shoulder sprain in Singapore.
"It's one of those things that happens in life - everything is going great and then right before the game Cam feels sick and then in the game Tre goes down with a shoulder sprain - and I didn't think we reacted well," (https://twitter.com/DukeMBB) the Duke coach said.
The 51-year-old was walking down a path to wash a pot with former football manager Harry Redknappwhen he sprained his left ankle.
Treatment of an ankle sprain can involve many forms.
Medical tests have revealed that it is just a sprain," the 22-year-old's mother Pusarla Vijaya said.
You've probably heard of sprains and strains, but given how similar these words are, it's easy to confuse them.
Fifty-one consecutive patients who were admitted to the emergency department owing to the complaint of ankle sprain and who were treated with an elastic bandage or a splint were included in the study.
Ruling out a broken bone, the culprit may be either a sprain or a strain.
Although ankle sprains are the most common orthopedic musculoskeletal injury (Hootman et al., 2007) we do not currently understand how an ankle sprain can impact physical function as a person ages.
The 50-year-old, who plays Bob Hope in the hit show, fell over while out for his daily exercise but thought he just had a bad sprain.
There are a variety of treatments available in physiotherapy for treating acute ankle sprain. In this study we have compared the effectiveness of Cryotherapy with exercises and taping with exercises in treating acute ankle sprain injury.
(1) This is especially true when dancers sustain an acute ankle sprain. Based on the physical demands placed on dancers (e.g., extreme ranges of motion, dancing en pointe and demipointe, adjusting to different choreographic styles, repetitive nature of class structure, and lack of an "off' season), the prevalence of ankle injuries may be exceptionally great in the dance population.
According to reports in France, the Brazilian collapsed in pain during a Game with team-mates and Les Girondins have now con.rmed he has suered a "serious knee sprain".
I have an old knee sprain which still flares up and gets a bit sore from time to time, but I try to avoid taking painkillers whenever possible as they can sometimes aggravate my stomach.