land legs
plural noun
the ability to adjust one's sense of balance and motion to walking on land, as after a sea journey or flight: It took the astronauts some time to regain their land legs after the long space mission.
Origin of land legs
First recorded in 1870–75; on the model of
sea legs
Words nearby land legs
land girl,
land grab,
land grant,
land in,
land lane,
land legs,
land line,
land measure,
land mine,
land of beulah,
land of enchantment
Example sentences from the Web for land legs
Stryker, awkward on his land-legs, stumbled and fell in an ill-calculated attempt to hoist himself hastily back into the vehicle.
The Black Bag |Louis Joseph Vance