on one's toes

on one's toes

English

Prepositional phrase

on one's toes

1. (idiomatic) Attentive, active, busy or alert.

   I keep my students on their toes with pop quizzes.

Derived terms

• keep one on one's toes

Translations

attentive, active, busy

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: varpaillaan

German: auf Trab Russian: настороже (ru) (nastorože), начеку (ru) (načeku), в тонусе (v tonuse)

Anagrams

• nose-to-nose