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.

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Most of the patients traveled to Nairobi and Kampala, some by hospital plane, others by ambulance or on shanks' mare, barefoot.

From Time Magazine Archive

The man or woman who gets to work by bicycle or shanks' mare trails clouds of self-esteem as palpable as the carbon dioxide fumes he has forsworn.

From Time Magazine Archive

On election day some 65% of the eligible voters managed to get to the polls�by donkey cart, shanks' mare, even horse-drawn mourning coaches.

From Time Magazine Archive

The going was too good for shanks' mare to-day.

From Second String by Hope, Anthony