shanks' pony
One's feet or legs, regarded as a means of transportOne's feet or legs, regarded as a means of transport.
Meaning
1 senses(Commonwealth, idiomatic, uncountable)One's feet or legs, regarded as a means of transport.
1999, Richard Thompson, Walking the Long Miles Home, (Mock Tudor), And the rhythm in my shoes keeps the blues all away / When you ride Shanks's Pony you don′t have to pay
your own legs
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Believed to be of Scottish origin, from shanks' nag (shanks-naig, attested 1774).Believed to be of Scottish origin, from shanks' nag (shanks-naig, attested 1774).
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- your own legs:shank's mareshanks' mareshank's pony
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable