Брати ноги в руки

Meaning: To hurry up and get moving quickly.

Language: Ukrainian

Literally: To take your legs in your hands

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: A vivid Ukrainian exaggeration: grab your own legs to make them move faster and rush off without delay.

More idioms — Body & Senses

• על הפנים — Terrible, awful, in a wretched state.
• Les doigts dans le nez — To do something with the greatest of ease.
• By the skin of your teeth — By the narrowest possible margin.
• Ser uña y carne — To be inseparable; the closest of friends.
• Fare le corna — To ward off bad luck — or to signal that a partner is being unfaithful.
• Stare con le mani in mano — To stand around doing nothing while others work.

More Ukrainian idioms

• Передати куті меду — To overdo something well past the right measure.
• Як сніг на голову — Completely out of the blue; totally unexpected.
• Дати драла — To run away fast.
• Розбити глек — To fall out and ruin a friendship.

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