December 2, 2010

Idiom: drag (one's) feet

"drag (one's) feet"

Meaning: delay; take longer than necessary to do something

Example: You should have waxed that car a few hours ago. Why are you dragging your feet?


Last week's idioms
pull an all-nighter
run down
(Someone's) made his/her own bed; now let him/her lie in it.
tight-fisted
used to