a load off feet

a load off (one's) feet

A break to rest, usually by sitting down. Do you mind if I sit down for a moment? I need to take a load off my feet.
See also: feet, load, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*a load off one's feet

Fig. the weight of one's body no longer supported by one's feet, as when one sits down. (*Typically: get ~; take ~.) Come in, John. Sit down and take a load off your feet. Yes, I need to get a load off my feet. Fm really tired.
See also: feet, load, off
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • a load off (one's) feet
  • come a gutser
  • come down with
  • be down to (one)
  • be down to somebody/something
  • be down to something
  • be down to (do something)
  • bounce up and down
  • clean down
  • close down