let the grass grow round one's feet

English

Verb

let the grass grow round one's feet (third-person singular simple present lets the grass grow round one's feet, present participle letting the grass grow round one's feet, simple past and past participle let the grass grow round one's feet)

1. Alternative form of let the grass grow under one's feet
   • 1919, Popular Educator - Volume 37, page 49:

     Abraham Lincoln is admired because "he did not sit down and let the grass grow round his feet. He was the kind of man that finished the work he started."

   • 1954, Transport Salaried Staff Journal - Volumes 51-52, page 449:

     We must not let the grass grow round our feet, and it is far worse to contemplate going backwards

   • 2000, Down in the Dumps, →ISBN, page 12:

     Keep yourself a-movin' on, And you'll find that things will move along! Don't let the grass grow 'round your feet!

   • 2014, Lucien Nzeyimana, End of Upsetting Games, →ISBN, page 113:

     It was late in the evening, and he could not let the grass grow round his feet.