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shanks' mare

or shank's mare

noun

  1. one's own legs, especially as a means of moving from one place to another:

    The only way we can get there is by shanks' mare.



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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. ride shanks' mare, to go on foot rather than ride; walk:

    It was such a delightful day that we decided to ride shanks' mare to the fair.

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Example Sentences

The right way to see and love Middlesex is at the jog-trot pace of Shanks mare, breaking no wind and no records.

Only Shanks mare, answered Forbes, stretching out a pair of long, dusty legs.

A farmer gave me a ride of several miles, when I resorted to shanks-mare again.

The distance is but a few kilometres and the means of communication is shanks mare.

Here, get on your double-soled shanks-mare, take this packet, and spin off to the Invalides.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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