| 词组 | kick up one's heels |
| 释义 | Idiom kick up one's heels Theme: EXCITEMENT to act frisky; to be lively and have fun. (Informal.)I like to go to an old-fashioned square dance and really kick up my heels.For an old man, your uncle is really kicking up his heels. kick up (one's) heelsTo enjoy oneself without restraint. Now that that big acquisition is finally over, we can kick up our heels and celebrate! kick up one's heelsEnjoy oneself, as in When she retires, she plans to kick up her heels and travel. This expression originated about 1600 with a totally different meaning, "to be killed." The modern sense, alluding to a prancing horse or exuberant dancer, dates from about 1900. kick up one's heels, toTo enjoy oneself exuberantly; to frolic. This term, which calls to mind a prancing horse or a vigorous dancer, originally meant to be knocked down or killed. Thomas Dekker used it in this sense in his play, The Honest Whore (1604): “I would not for a duckat she had kickt up her heeles.” The modern sense dates from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. |
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