drag one's feetとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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drag one's feet (third-person singular simple present drags one's feet, present participle dragging one's feet, simple past and past participle dragged one's feet)

1. (idiomatic) To procrastinate, put off; to dawdle, avoid, or make progress slowly and reluctantly.

   Synonym: drag one's heels

   Coordinate terms: dig in one's heels, dig one's heels in, plant one's feet (firmly refuse)

   I have been dragging my feet about filing my taxes.

   • 2022 December 27, Alexi Duggins, Hollie Richardson, Kate Abbott, “The Rings of Power to Conversations With Friends: 2022’s TV letdowns”, in The Guardian‎:

     There was much to love about this last season, from the tense opening barfight to the finale shootout with the IRA, which was so disorientingly murky and gas-filled it felt otherworldly. But it struggled to ever quite get going, with the first five episodes dragging their feet in a way that began to frustrate.

   • 2026 February 4, Philip Haigh, “Northern England deserves a more coherent rail plan”, in RAIL, number 1054, page 51:

     Yet ministers continue to drag their feet, appearing to obstinately prefer any option other than the obvious, while also saying, as Lord Hendy did on January 19: "It is clear that the West Coast Main Line is full of trains. There's no space left."

2. (idiomatic) To intentionally stall, to delay, to obstruct.

   Synonyms: slow-walk, dilly-dally

派生語

• foot-dragging

参考

• delaying tactic
• long finger (idiomatic, Ireland)