127. get to one's feet
基本表現と解説
- He got to his feet. 「彼は立った」
- He rose to his feet. 「彼は立ち上がった」
- He sprang to his feet. 「彼ははじかれたように立った」
- He started to his feet. 「彼は驚いて立った」
- He hurried to his feet. 「彼は急いで立った」
- He struggled to his feet. 「彼はやっと立った」
- He staggered to his feet. 「彼はよろめくようにして立った」
ほかにも get on one's feet, get up to one's feet, leap to one's feet などさまざまな類似表現がある。
例文1
I started to my feet as suddenly as if he had struck me.
Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
わたしは彼にぶたれたかのように突然立ち上がりました。
例文2
"What!" cried the Jew, grasping the coward round the body, with both arms, as he sprung to his feet. "Where?"
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
「なんだと！」ユダヤ人はとっさに立ち上がり、臆病者を両腕に抱えながら叫んだ。「どこだ？」
例文3
"Good gracious, two o'clock! I shall be too late for lunch!" and he hurried to his feet.
Anthony Hope, "Which Shall It Be?"
「や、二時か。昼飯に遅れてしまう」と言って彼は急いで立ち上がった。
