kick up one's heels



kick up one's heels

Enjoy oneself, as in When she retires, she plans to kick up her heels and travel. This expression originated about 1600 with a totally different meaning, "to be killed." The modern sense, alluding to a prancing horse or exuberant dancer, dates from about 1900.
See also: heel, kick, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AnkeAHN-kəLow German, Dutch
Anatolius-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
DarellDER-əl, DAR-əlEnglish
Vijay-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi
Duci-Hungarian
Menuha-Hebrew