Idiom – Get Your Feet Wet

English Idiom – Get your feet wet

Meaning – To try or start something. To begin gaining experience in something. If you are getting your feet wet you are tentatively trying something for the first time.

Other idioms featuring feet:

• Cold feet
• Two left feet

Usage:

When could you use this idiom?

• You are starting a new hobby.
• A friend is nervous about learning to drive.
• You want to encourage someone to try something new.

Example:

• “Why are you nervous about learning to drive? Just get your feet wet and get behind the wheel. You’ll be driving that brand new bimmer before you know it!”

In The News:

• Girls hoops teams get their feet wet

Discuss:

• Is there an idiom like this in your country?

What is an idiom?

An idiom is a word or phrase that is not taken literally.  An idiom is an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its individual words, but has a separate meaning of its own.