land legs


plural noun
  1. 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.

Origin of land legs

1
First recorded in 1870–75; on the model of sea legs

Words Nearby land legs

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How to use land legs in a sentence

  • Neither of us have got our land legs yet, as we found yesterday while fighting the penguins.

    The Land of Fire | Mayne Reid
  • Stamping the length of the dock to regain his land legs, he returned to meet Doctor Merchant, who had hastened down to the dock.

    Terry | Charles Goff Thomson
  • And then he goes for a spell to sea—for after all, he needs sea legs as well as land legs.

  • Stryker, awkward on his land-legs, stumbled and fell in an ill-calculated attempt to hoist himself hastily back into the vehicle.

    The Black Bag | Louis Joseph Vance
  • But it did not take him long to recover his land legs and appetite.

    The Faith of Men | Jack London