Japanese Idiom 足が棒になる My Dogs are Barking
Japanese Idiom with Video:
足が棒になる – to walk one’s legs off; have very sore legs; my dogs are barking
足が棒になる
- to walk one’s legs off; have very sore legs; my dogs are barking
- Have you ever walked so much your legs feel like boards? Next time that happens, say, “足が棒になった。”
- Literally, “legs become staffs.” This comes from tired legs getting as stiff as a board.
- 一日中歩いたので、足が棒になった。
- I walked all day, and now my legs are as stiff as a board.
Vocabulary
- 一日 — one day
- 一日中 — throughout the day [adding 中 or 中 adds the meaning of “throughout” or “in the course of…”: 一年中 throughout the year (every day of the year); a common sign on stores that are open throughout the year is: 年中無休 open throughout the year [literally, throughout the year, no resting]; this can be used for space too: 日本中 throughout Japan; 町中 throughout the town; 学校中 throughout the school]
- 歩いた — walked [past of 歩く to walk]
- ので — because; therefore
- 足 — leg
- が — [subject marker]
- 棒 — pole; rod; stick
- になった — became
For more on this idiom, checkout Chiyon’s Nihongo no Tamatebako which includes a few more example sentences of this useful idiom.
