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
See also: get, leg, sea

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Olumide-Western African, Yoruba
Lorraine[ləu'rein]
Maj-Slovene
Randal['rændl]
Patka-Polish, Slovak
Divya-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam