feet first | Idiomator

Meaning: (of the movement or transportation of a person or animal)With the feetprecedingthe rest of the body.Synonyms:footling,footling breechAntonym:head first; (idiomatic,euphemistic)In the manner of adeceasedperson (i.e.,dead).1910,Jack London, chapter 4, inBurning Daylight:"If that door opens and any one of you cusses lets on there's anything unusual, right here and then I sure start plugging. They ain't a soul'll get out the room exceptfeet first."1943October 18, “How to Be a Racketeer”, inTime:"‘Anybody resigns from us resignsfeet first, understand?’ he tells me. So I didn't resign."2001May 23, Robin Finn, “Public Lives”, inNew York Times, retrieved9 September 2009:"They'll probably have to take me out of herefeet first," says Ms. Steinem, punctuating the prediction with a growl of laughter (mortality has been in the back of her mind since breast cancer treatment a dozen years ago. . .).

Examples:

EN: I'd see her dead at me feet first.
ES: Antes la veré muerta a mis pies.
EN: Don't forget, feet first.
ES: ¡Vamos!
EN: Tie his feet first.
ES: Atadle primero los pies.
EN: His feet first!
ES: ¡Los pies primero!
EN: You'd better not be here when I come back, or they'll carry you off of this boat feet first.
ES: Lo que es mas, será mejor que no esté aquí cuando regrese esta noche-. O lo sacarán de este barco con los pies por delante.
EN: Leaping feet first into the Seine
ES: ♪ La Torre Eiffel sale a pasear y pone sus pies en el Sena ♪
EN: It seems to me you are jumping feet first into a bear trap.
ES: Creo que te metes en un callejón sin salida.
EN: Yeah, when she takes a drink, it goes to her head so fast, it reaches her feet first.
ES: El alcohol le sube tan rápido a la cabeza que no se tiene en pie.
EN: I thought you better wrap up his feet first.
ES: Está frío. - Muy amable, gracias.
EN: Sure, feet first.
ES: Claro, con los pies por delante.
EN: He'll be home early, feet first.
ES: Él llegará temprano, con los pies duros.
EN: You'll go out of here feet first, bucko.
ES: Tú te irás con los pies para adelante, amigo.
EN: The man that fired that bullet was hauled out of here feet first.
ES: El hombre que disparó esa bala salió de acá con los pies para adelante.
EN: Often happens to wage slaves in the retail trade now in my case it gets to feet first
ES: A menudo les sucede a los esclavos asalariados en el comercio minorista ahora, en mi caso, se pone de pie primero.
EN: Next time he comes through that door he'll go out feet first.
ES: Si vuelve por aquí saldrá escarmentado.

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