Cut The Rug Explanation, Meaning, Origin - YourIdioms.Com

Cut the rug In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "cut the rug", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

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Meaning of Cut the rug (redirected from cut a/the rug )

Synonyms:

Trip the Light Fantastic

Cut a/the rug American old-fashioned informal slang verb phrase

To dance energetically

Although he's not as youthful as he once was, he still cuts a rug at the party.

People were cutting the rug, but my eyes saw only you.

When the rhythms of my favorite song started playing, it really made me cut the rug.

Other phrases about:

put on (one's) dancing shoes

Used to indicate to the state of being ready to dance

hoof it

1. To go somewhere on foot

2. To dance

Grammar and Usage of Cut a/the rug

Verb Forms

• cuts a/the rug
• to cut a/the rug
• cutting a/the rug

The verb "cut" should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Cut a/the rug

"Cutting a rug" comes from the 1920s and the 1930s when couples would dance the jitterbug. The jitterbug was a vigorous dance that when done continuously by many couples in one area would make the carpet appear as though it was "cut" or "gashed".

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