Talk:let the grass grow under one's feet

RFV discussion: November–December 2017

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let the grass grow under one's feet

Rfv-sense Tagged but not listed. Kiwima (talk) 21:37, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

I have added two cites but it still needs a third. I found more quotes, but they were in non-durably archived newsgroups.... Kiwima (talk) 23:30, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

This is now cited Kiwima (talk) 00:03, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 18:55, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

RFD discussion: October 2022–July 2023

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let the grass grow under one's feet

Sense 2: "To settle in one place rather than moving to another". If you look at the citations, they all have a negative connotation of getting nothing done, making no progress, and thus ought to be under sense 1. Equinox ◑ 13:56, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Delete. Not a separate sense. However, I miss in the current definition of sense 1 the aspect of failing to timely move on to a further destination, which is also present in the quotations for sense 1.  --Lambiam 11:31, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. The sense 1 Cottrell quote does seem to use it positively, but that might be purposefully challenging the phrase's negative connotation. — excarnateSojourner (talk · contrib) 18:03, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

RFD-deleted. PUC – 12:43, 9 July 2023 (UTC)