a load off (one's) 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.
- a load off 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 and shut down