pied

pied [pje] nm → foot; [de verre]; stem; [de table]; leg; [de lampe]; base (= plante); plant;

pieds nus → barefoot;

à pied → on foot;

à pied sec → without getting one's feet wet;

à pied d'œuvre → ready to start (work);

au pied de la lettre → literally;

au pied levé → at a moment's notice;

de pied en cap → from head to foot;

en pied [portrait] → full-length;

avoir pied → to be able to touch the bottom, not to be out of one's depth;

avoir le pied marin → to be a good sailor;

perdre pied → to lose one's footing (fig); to get out of one's depth;

sur pied (Agr) → on the stalk, uncut (= debout, rétabli); up and about;

mettre sur pied [+ entreprise] → to set up;

mettre à pied → to suspend; to lay off;

mettre qn au pied du mur → to get sb with his (ou her) back to the wall;

sur le pied de guerre → ready for action;

sur un pied d'égalité → on an equal footing;

sur pied d'intervention → on stand-by;

faire du pied à qn (= prévenir) → to give sb a (warning) kick;

(galamment) → to play footsie with sb;

mettre les pieds quelque part → to set foot somewhere;

faire des pieds et des mains (fig) → to move heaven and earth, pull out all the stops;

c'est le pied! (fam) → it's terrific!;

se lever du bon pied/du pied gauche → to get out of bed on the right/wrong side;

pied de lit → footboard;

pied de nez → to thumb one's nose at;

pied de vigne → vine