have legs | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To haveendurance; to haveprospectsto exist or go on for a long time.2007, Pete Williams,How to Turn Your Million Dollar Idea Into a Reality (from the Man who Sold the MCG), Milton, Qld.: Wrightbooks,→ISBN, page68:Your plan will tell you if your ideahas legsand is viable.2011, Larry Garrison with Wallace Wang,Breaking Into Acting for Dummies‎[1], New York, N.Y.:Wiley Publishing,→ISBN:The longer a film plays (which, in show business terms, means that the filmhaslegs), the more the theater gradually earns from ticket sales.; (nautical)To havespeed.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seehave,‎legs.

Examples:

EN: Mama, do the little boats on the water have legs?
ES: Mamá, ¿los pequeños botes en el agua tienen patas?
EN: Chinese girls have legs you see. Just like their white sisters.
ES: Las chicas chinas tienen piernas, sabes, como las blancas.
EN: - Do gooseberries have legs?
ES: - ¿Las grosellas tienen patas?
EN: Bags don't have legs.
ES: - Las bolsas no tienen patas.
EN: Wings! And more than that, they have legs.
ES: Alas, y tienen patas.
EN: Don't easterners have legs like other folk?
ES: ¿Acaso la gente del este no tiene piernas como los demás?
EN: -You don't have legs no more.
ES: Pero si las piernas las tiene cortadas.
EN: They wrote in the newspaper that I have legs like Maresca's.
ES: Escribieron en el periódico que tengo las piernas como las de la Maresca.
EN: Hey, that fur cap, did that have legs?
ES: - ¡Oye! - ¿Qué? ¿El gorro de piel tenía patas?
EN: As long as you have legs, dance
ES: Mientras tengas piernas, baila.
EN: He said that they should dance as long as they have legs.
ES: Que deberían bailar mientras tengan piernas.
EN: Well, I have legs.
ES: Bueno, tengo piernas.
EN: If you did what I told you to do, you'd have legs like mine.
ES: Si hicieras lo que te digo, tendrías las piernas como las mías.
EN: Dimo, run, you have legs!
ES: ¡Dimo, corre, tienes piernas!
EN: When you have legs, you can go wherever you like.
ES: Cuando tienes dos piernas, puedes ir a donde quieras.

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