“Get back on one's feet”in other languages
Recover after an illness or a setback.
English
French
German
EnglishFrenchGermanSame idea, different pictures
English stands up again. German is back on the dam, auf dem Damm, solid and steady.
French takes back some hair of the beast, reprendre du poil de la bête. It comes from the old folk belief that the hair of the animal that bit you would cure the bite, the same belief behind the English “hair of the dog”.
More sayings in other languages
- Get on someone's nerves
- Get out of hand
- Get the short end of the stick
- Gild the lily
- Give someone the brush-off
- Give someone the cold shoulder
- Give someone what for
- Go all out
- Go away empty-handed