fall on one's feet

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• fall on one's feet — 1. To achieve a successful outcome to a difficult situation 2. To have unexpected good fortune • • • Main Entry: ↑fall …   Useful english dictionary

• fall on one's feet — ► land (or fall) on one s feet have good luck or success. Main Entry: ↑foot …   English terms dictionary

• fall on one's feet — land upright on one s feet; pull through, surmount or overcome hardship; recover, be rehabilitated …   English contemporary dictionary

• fall over one's feet — verb To hasten. Show me the rest of the house, I said, to distract him. He fell over his feet to oblige …   Wiktionary

• land (or fall) on one's feet — have good luck or success. → land …   English new terms dictionary

• land on one's feet — ► land (or fall) on one s feet have good luck or success. Main Entry: ↑foot …   English terms dictionary

• To fall into one's hands — Fall Fall (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fall on one's face — verb To fail, especially in a dramatic or particularly decisive manner. Judge Charles R. Richey last week tried to apply some firm rules of law to such indelicate situations. He came close to succeeding, then fell on his face. Ant: land on ones… …   Wiktionary

• put one on one's feet — See: ON ONE S FEET(2) …   Dictionary of American idioms

• put one on one's feet — See: ON ONE S FEET(2) …   Dictionary of American idioms

• land on one's feet — verb To be lucky, or successful, often in difficult situations. Ant: fall on ones face …   Wiktionary