kick up one's heels

短语

高兴得跳起来

发音

AU

词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To dance.

    比喻

    He does not get on so well in the evening and night time, when his youthful audience has dispersed, and has been replaced by adults of the tag-rag and draggle-tail breed who have no taste for any tunes but those they can vigorously kick up their heels to, […] .

  2. 2.

    To relax; to enjoy oneself; to do as one pleases.

    习语
  3. 3.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kick, up, one's, heels.

    If a swimmer kicks up his heels and splashes the water, the judge will take points off accordingly.