Idiom
land legs
Meaning
A sense of balance, slowly regained after a time at sea.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I finally found my land legs after the long boat trip.”
“After spending a week on the cruise ship, it took me an hour to find my land legs once I stepped onto the dock.”
“The sailor stumbled slightly as he disembarked, waiting for his land legs to return before he could walk steadily down the pier.”
Examples
simple
“I finally found my land legs after the long boat trip.”
contextual
“After spending a week on the cruise ship, it took me an hour to find my land legs once I stepped onto the dock.”
complex
“The sailor stumbled slightly as he disembarked, waiting for his land legs to return before he could walk steadily down the pier.”
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