fall/land on your feet

fall/land on your feet
fall/land on your feet
to be successful or lucky, especially after a period of not having success or luck: »

After the redundancies, about a fifth of the workers immediately landed on their feet, getting jobs at a local start-up company.

Main Entry: foot

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • land on your feet — land/fall/on your feet phrase to be lucky and get into a good situation after being in a difficult one Simon always manages to land on his feet. Thesaurus: in a good, better or pleasant situationsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • land on your feet — fall/land on your feet ► to be successful or lucky, especially after a period of not having success or luck: »After the redundancies, about a fifth of the workers immediately landed on their feet, getting jobs at a local start up company. Main… …   Financial and business terms

  • land on your feet — land on (your) feet British, American & Australian, British & Australian to be lucky or successful after you have been in a difficult situation. She really landed on her feet she found an apartment right in the middle of San Francisco. Richard… …   New idioms dictionary

  • fall on your feet — land/fall/on your feet phrase to be lucky and get into a good situation after being in a difficult one Simon always manages to land on his feet. Thesaurus: in a good, better or pleasant situationsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • fall on your feet — fall/land on your feet ► to be successful or lucky, especially after a period of not having success or luck: »After the redundancies, about a fifth of the workers immediately landed on their feet, getting jobs at a local start up company. Main… …   Financial and business terms

  • on your feet — phrase standing I’m exhausted – I’ve been on my feet all afternoon! Thesaurus: in a standing positionhyponym in a lying positionsynonym Main entry: foot * * * on your feet 1 : in a standing position I ve been on my feet …   Useful english dictionary

  • fall — 1 verb, past tense fell past participle fallen 1 MOVE DOWNWARDS (I) to move downwards from a higher position to a lower position: The rain had started falling again. (+out of/from/on): Wyatt fell from a second floor window. (+down): I m always… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • land — 1 noun 1 NOT SEA (U) the solid dry part of the Earth s surface: After 21 days at sea we sighted land. | by land: It s quicker by land than sea. | on land: The crocodile lays its eggs on land. 2 GROUND (U) ground, especially when used for farming… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • land on feet — land on (your) feet British, American & Australian, British & Australian to be lucky or successful after you have been in a difficult situation. She really landed on her feet she found an apartment right in the middle of San Francisco. Richard… …   New idioms dictionary

  • land — land1 W1S1 [lænd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(ground)¦ 2¦(not sea)¦ 3¦(country)¦ 4¦(not city)¦ 5¦(property)¦ 6 see/find out how the land lies 7 in the land of the living 8 the land of milk and honey 9 (in) the land of nod ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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