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think on your feet
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to think and react quickly and well when something unexpected happens
A common skill in job interviews and adverts: 'the ability to think on your feet'.
In context
Good teachers have to think on their feet when a student asks a question they didn't expect.
When the projector broke, Lan had to think on her feet and draw the chart on the whiteboard.
More idioms about work
- a baptism of firea very difficult first experience of a new job or activity
- a cushy joba job that is easy and pleasant but still pays well
- a dead-end joba job with no chance of promotion or of learning anything new
- a jack of all tradesa person who can do many different kinds of work fairly well
- a labour of lovehard work that you do because you enjoy it or care about it, not for money