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land legs

American

plural noun

the ability to adjust one's sense of balance and motion to walking on land, as after a sea journey or flight.

It took the astronauts some time to regain their land legs after the long space mission.

Etymology

Origin of land legs

First recorded in 1870–75; on the model of sea legs

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land legs

River — it’s time to celebrate and get your land legs back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2022

The vertebrates that did venture on land were still getting their land legs.

From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2022

First, I was just a lad of 39 when I wrote the above-referenced op-ed; practically a baby, a spring chicken, a tadpole with little nubs of cynical land legs just beginning to show.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2021

The others - the Brits, a Spaniard and a Portuguese - got visas for a month, allowing them to restock with fresh food and regain their land legs.

From BBC ● May 30, 2020

Will rite you again as soon as I get my land legs.

From Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie by Stone, Barney

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