get a/ second wind



get a/your second wind

  (British, American & Australian) also get a/your second breath (American)
to suddenly have new energy to continue doing something after you were feeling tired After two hours we could hardly walk another step, but we got a second wind as we neared home.
See also: get, second, wind

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BlankaBLAHN-kah (Czech, Slovak, Polish, Croatian), BLAWN-kaw (Hungarian)Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, Croatian
Bain[bein]
Smiljana-Croatian, Serbian
Jayanta-Hinduism, Bengali, Indian, Assamese
EnlilEN-lilNear Eastern Mythology
Piloqutinnguaq-Native American, Greenlandic