shanks' mare

American  

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

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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shanks' mare

The center of a 28,000-acre national park, Haleakala can be traversed by shanks' mare or mule train, a three-day mountain high.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ahorse and by shanks' mare, he had traveled all the stormy night from Boone, 25 miles away.

From Time Magazine Archive

Without gasoline to burn, the U.S. was getting back on to an older method of locomotion: shanks' mare.

From Time Magazine Archive

They packed tents, food, guns, building materials, ammunition into the steaming wastes by boat, truck, muleback, and shanks' mare.

From Time Magazine Archive

The scent should be good—a bit too good, Andy reflected, for riders on shanks' mare.

From Second String by Hope, Anthony