get sea legs

get your sea legs

to get used to a new situation After graduating from college he went to Chicago to get his sea legs by working in radio.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of getting used to being on a moving ship

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Arlene	ahr-LEEN	English
Manu (2)	MAH-noo (Finnish)	French, Spanish, German, Finnish
Greg	[greg]
Joash	JO-ash (English)	Biblical
Sibylla	zi-BUY-lah (German)	Greek, German, Swedish, Late Roman, Late Greek
Anatole	-	French