let the grass grow under one's feet

Example Sentences

• "I haven't let the grass grow under my feet. I was wired for at 3:15, reached Yoxley Old Place at 5, conducted my investigation, was back at Charing Cross by the last train, and straighte to you by cab."
• "Mr. Fiennes repeated his promise to run expresses between Paddington and Cardiff in 2hr. "We're not going to let the grass grow under our feet," he said in a reference to progress with the Severn Road Bridge, and predicted that the 2hr trains would be running "before very long"."
• "What happens when we let the grass grow under our feet for once and just spend a bit of time looking around without imagining that we've got all the answers and that no one before us had anything much to offer?"
• "He and Rebecca then found a secluded boardinghouse to which Will and Susannah would move on Monday. Before the westbound left on Saturday morning, McCaleb spent a few minutes alone with Will. “You'll be released from here Monday,” ... Don't let any grass grow under your feet in Cheyenne; once you're there, head for Box Elder Creek.”"
• "If you like being in there at the beginning of a company then get ready to bail out when the company starts to grow. Never let the grass grow under your feet. Jobs for life are history, so if you treat people right but they still want to move onto new things you can't stop them."
• "She'd scrubbed up. Moved on. Stepped right over Phil, over his grave. For this was not a girl to let the grass grow under her feet, particularly the grass on a mound."