on the hoof

短语

活着, 未屠宰

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Of livestock, not yet butchered.

  2. 2.

    Alive; embodied in a living animal (including a human); in working order.

    习语
  3. 3.

    Of a human activity, while standing, walking, or running; on foot.

    习语

    Look at this crowd! Bound to be a lot of pussy on the hoof in a crowd like this.

  4. 4.

    Without proper thought or preparation; done as one goes.

    英国 习语 非正式

    Near-synonym: extempore

词源

The literal sense concerning livestock has no more to it as a sum of parts than the corresponding sense of on foot does. A reference to humans being on the hoof occurs in a text from England in 1691.

来源：wiktionary