avoir les jambes en coton
French
verb
Definitions
- (idiomatic) to be weak and shaky on one's legs; to be jelly-legged
Etymology
Affix from French avoir (have) + French les (them, the)+ French jambe (leg, a leg)+ French en (in, -an)+ French coton (cotton).
Origin
French
coton
Gloss
cotton
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
綿
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- en cabochon English
- en ventre sa mere English
- en-papillote English
- jambeux English
- cotone Italian
- Val-d'Or French
- avoir French
- caquenlit French
- chienlit French
- chèque en blanc French
- coton French
- cotonneux French
- cotonnier French
- croquembouche French
- emmi French
- en French
- en-cas French
- encas French
- enjôler French
- jambage French
- jambe French
- jambier French
- jambière French
- jambon French
- les French
- lesquelles French
- lesquels French
- metteuse en scène French
- passé simple French
- pissenlit French
- porte-coton French
- ravoir French
- remplacer French
- cotón Spanish, Castilian
- en Spanish, Castilian
- jamba Spanish, Castilian
- jambe Old French
- en Ido
- avoir Middle French
- en Middle French
- les Middle French
- a Louisiana Creole French
- zydeco Louisiana Creole French