stocking feet

Idioms  

1. Wearing socks or stockings, but not shoes, as in I got locked out of the house in my stocking feet. [First half of 1800s]

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Example Sentences

If McCarthy’s voice is any indication, he’s still limber enough to outrun an aggrieved cheetah in his drawers and stocking feet.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2022

By the eighth inning both Nagels, father and son, were in stocking feet, one rally shoe atop each of their heads.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2022

You’re on the floor of your preschool classroom, on a mat, in stocking feet, a thin blanket pulled over you.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2022

Vibe-wise, spending the whole day in your stocking feet is dangerously close to wearing pajamas, and there’s that whole slipping-and-falling thing to consider.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2021

‘I feel like the whole Russian army marched through my mouth in its stocking feet.’

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers