seven-league boots

American  

[sev-uhn-leeg] / ˈsɛv ənˌlig /

plural noun

1. fairy-tale boots enabling the wearer to reach seven leagues at a stride.

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Etymology

Origin of seven-league boots

1805–15; translation of French bottes de sept lieues in the fairy tales of C. Perrault, especially Le petit Poucet ( English Hop-o'-my-Thumb )

Example Sentences

From the first looks to hit the runway at the Grand Palais to the last, the Chanel fall and winter 2020 runway collection was all about those seven-league boots — black leather with a generous fold-over flap in contrasting brown leather that added a dash of swashbuckling swagger to some looks and horse-racing flair to others.

From Los Angeles Times

Traveling the world in seven-league boots, Shell talks to pioneers who are trying to redefine the meaning of work and transform the relationship of businesses to their employees and to the communities around them.

From Washington Post

Hop-o’-My-Thumb tells two of his brothers to steal the seven-league boots of the sleeping ogre, and the boys beat an exit with the awakened ogre in hot pursuit with a meat cleaver.

From New York Times

In “The Iron Shoes,” Hans — who has acquired a pair of seven-league boots — is speedily running along when “he noticed that a little man was running right next to him. It was the wind, and it had to be in the next town within the hour so that it could dry the freshly washed clothes of a princess, who was planning to get married that day.”

From Washington Post

Then Salt came along with its seven-league boots and snapped up a little generation of us.

From The Guardian