单词 | footloose and fancy-free |
释义 | > as lemmasfootloose and fancy-free footloose and fancy-free: romantically available; not committed or tied to anyone or anything; cf. fancy-free adj. at fancy n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1877 Daily Arkansas Gaz. (Little Rock, Arkansas) 23 Jan. Footloose, fancy free, but of marriageable age. 1879 Browne's Phonographic Monthly June 87/1 I am unharnessed, 28 years old, heart-whole, foot-loose—and fancy-free. 1937 Washington Post 22 Apr. 15/1 He may be in love, or he may be a footloose and fancy-free bachelor. 1971 ‘E. Candy’ Words for Murder Perhaps xi. 125 I'm travelling around, you see. Footloose and fancy free, you might call me. I've no special ties anywhere. 2010 K. Richards & J. Fox Life vi. 196 I was footloose and fancy-free, having ended my affair with Linda Keith. < as lemmas |
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