单词 | foot |
释义 | foot foot // noun, verb
■ noun [C] (plural feet // or foot)
a unit for measuring length equal to 12 inches or 30.48 centimetres
IDIOMS
be run/rushed off your feet to be extremely busy; to have too many things to do: Weekdays are slow in the restaurant, but at weekends the staff are rushed off their feet.
get your feet wet (especially AmE) ( to start doing sth new: This is a good way of getting your feet wet in e-commerce. get/have a/your foot in the door to manage to enter an organization, a field of business, etc. that could bring you success: They wanted to get a foot in the door of the developing telecoms industry. on your feet in a normal state again after a period of trouble or difficulty: The new chairman hopes to get the company back on its feet within six months. VOTE ■ verb IDIOMS foot the bill ( to be responsible for paying the cost of sth: Manufacturers will have to foot the bill for recycling their products. Your employer might foot the bill for a part-time MBA course. |
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