Land on your feet

Monday, 2022-9-19: Phrase: Land on your feet
My father was like a cat – he always found a way to land on his feet.

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Phrase: Land on your feet

Hopefully, if you’re reading this, you’ve made it through the pandemic and landed on your feet.

It was quite a trial by fire there for a while, wasn’t it?

Although I have to admit Japan was not as negatively affected as other countries.

Only two people I know, one online and one neighbour, have had COVID-19.

So, maybe we were never knocked on our arses here in Japan.

In my small community, we’ve mostly been observers of the slow-motion train wreck that is the COVID-19 pandemic watching unaffected while the world outside suffered blow after blow.

I’ve jinxed myself now and will catch COVID-19 soon.

Oh, well. Anyways, it seems like the rest of the world has landed on its feet.


When you land on your feet, you have gone through a bad time or challenging experience but are now in a good situation or condition.


My father was a wizard when it came to landing on his feet.

One time while working on the mainland in Toronto, he lost his job.

This could have been a disaster for a man with five young children and a wife.

However, the day he flew home, he received a phone call offering him a job.

So, he was laid off on Friday, flew home on Saturday, was offered a job on Saturday night, and began a new job on Monday morning.

He didn’t miss a paycheck!

My father has passed away, but he was a member of a very rare breed of men who always, no matter what happens to them, manage to land on their feet


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