avoir les jambes en coton

French

Etymology

Literally, “to have legs of cotton”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.vwaʁ le ʒɑ̃.b‿ɑ̃ kɔ.tɔ̃/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

avoir les jambes en coton

  1. (figuratively) to be weak and shaky on one's legs; to be jelly-legged

Conjugation

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.