out on one's feet

== English == === Etymology === From the sport of boxing, referring to fighter who is too stunned to fight effectively, but who does not collapse to the canvas. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === out on one's feet (idiomatic) Standing erect but not consciously aware of one's surroundings, or only minimally aware, and having little or no ability to control one's bodily actions, as a result of physical injury or exhaustion. (idiomatic, by extension) Stupefied; dazed; nonfunctional. ==== Synonyms ==== (standing erect but not consciously aware or only minimally aware due to injury or exhaustion): out of it, punch drunk (stupefied, dazed, nonfunctional): bewildered, incapacitated, out of it === See also === on the ropes