back on (one's) feet



back on (one's) feet

1. Literally, standing again after a fall. I had a hard time getting back on my feet after I slipped on the ice.
2. In good health again after a period of injury or illness. Jill is happy to be back on her feet again after her hospital stay.
3. No longer in a precarious financial situation. Now that I've paid off my credit card debt, I'm finally back on my feet.
See also: back, feet, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Katarzynakah-tah-ZHI-nahPolish
Hovsep-Armenian
Gyda-Danish
NoÉno-E (French, Spanish)French, Spanish, Portuguese
LauraLAWR-ə (English), LOW-rah (Spanish, Italian, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch), LAW-oo-raw (Hungarian)English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Croa
Pere-Catalan