take the load off one's feet
take the load off (one's feet)
To sit down and rest one's feet; to relax. (Usually said as a suggestion.) Why don't you go take the load off for a while, and I'll fix dinner for tonight? Ah, you've finally arrived! Come on in and take the load off your feet.
See also: load, off, take
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
take the load off one's feet
Sit down. Also put as take a load off, this colloquial saying dates from about 1940. Both versions, often preceded by sit down and, are generally stated as imperatives.
See also: feet, load, off, take
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- take a load off
- take a load off (one's feet)
- take a load off one’s feet
- take a load off your feet
- take the load off
- take the load off (one's feet)
- get a load off (one's) feet
- get a load off one’s feet
- get some weight off (one's) feet
- get some weight off feet