stretch one’s legs

protáhnout si kostru, projít se

And even when I had assured myself I was on the right road, I felt compelled to stop the car a moment to take stock, as it were, I decided to step out and stretch my legs a little and when I did so, I received a stronger impression than ever of being perched on the side of a hill.

However hard it is, however cosy you are in your chair, you must just say, I’m going to stretch my legs or I’m going to walk down the passage just to show that I can do it!. It’s a challenge.

This at least meant that she was no longer expected to walk. What awful luck, Hubert said. Will you be all right here if I go and stretch my legs for a while?

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