Sprinting her legs off

English translation: running full tilt/very fast until exhausted

15:28 Feb 11, 2008

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English term or phrase: Sprinting her legs off

"She surfed for hours on end, working off her anger, sprinting her legs off, racing into the water."

What does it mean by "sprinting her legs off"?

jomo KudoZ activity Questions: 94 (2 open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 0 South Korea
Local time: 19:07

Selected answer:running full tilt/very fast until exhausted

Explanation:
:)

Selected response from:

David Hollywood
Local time: 07:07

Grading comment

Thank you !. Your answer sounds most appropriate.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

5 +4

running full tilt/very fast until exhausted

David Hollywood

sprinting (running in sprint) very hard

Mark Berelekhis

running like the dickens

Kim Metzger

to run hard, quickly and a long distance

PoveyTrans (X)

Answers

2 mins confidence:

sprinting her legs off running like the dickens

Explanation:
Running very fast

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 04:07
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 187

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

sprinting her legs off

running full tilt/very fast until exhausted

Explanation:
:)

David Hollywood
Local time: 07:07
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 51

Grading comment

Thank you !. Your answer sounds most appropriate.

2 mins confidence:

sprinting her legs off sprinting (running in sprint) very hard

Explanation:
In general this is the expression for doing something very hard.

Mark Berelekhis
United States
Local time: 06:07
Native speaker of:

Russian,

English
PRO pts in category: 38

4 mins confidence:

sprinting her legs off to run hard, quickly and a long distance

Explanation:
She uses running to work out/off her anger, and thus runs hard, quickly and a long distance such that she is tired out.

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Note added at 6 mins (2008-02-11 15:35:37 GMT)
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The term is not specific enough to know what causes her exhaustion but it is likely to be one or more of the above three variables. However, the emphasis is on the outcome that she is tired out!

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Note added at 9 hrs (2008-02-12 00:58:25 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks!

PoveyTrans (X)
Local time: 11:07
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 2

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you very much. Your answer also helps. I wish I could have chosen yours as well.

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