[Idiom] One leg on and one leg off; what does it mean?!

[kareemva]

one leg on and one leg off

 

[Tdol]

What's the context? I would guess that it is for someone who has some idea but is hampered by lack of ability. However, it's very unclear from your quote, no matter how big the font.

 

[emsr2d2]

I have no idea why you thought putting your quote in red, italics, bold, font size 7 and in the middle of the line would help. I have changed it so that it looks normal.

As Tdol said, we need context. Please give us an entire sentence to work with and tell us where you found this fragment of a sentence.

 

[kareemva]

What's the context? I would guess that it is for someone who has some idea but is hampered by lack of ability. However, it's very unclear from your quote, no matter how big the font.

" you'll look queer with one leg on and one leg off and your head sitting on my mantelpiece with your "

source

 

[emsr2d2]

I can't see your quote anywhere on that page. You haven't quoted a whole sentence. What comes after "... with your"?

 

[Tdol]

" you'll look queer with one leg on and one leg off and your head sitting on my mantelpiece with your "

It sounds like a threat, probably an exaggerated and extravagant one.

 

[SoothingDave]

Does this person perhaps wear prosthetics?

 

[emsr2d2]

I'm not sure that's going to matter if his head is no longer attached to his neck! ;-)

 

[Tdol]

Does this person perhaps wear prosthetics?

Maybe, but the speaker could have been watching too many Quentin Tarantino movies.

 

[MikeNewYork]

This reminds me of an old rhyme: Deedle, deedle, dumpling, my son John, Went to bed with his stockings on; One shoe off, and one shoe on, Deedle, deedle, dumpling, my son John.