at the feet of

Examples

• All

• Beginning students were still taught aurally at the feet of their teachers.

  Academic text (2010)

• I want to sit at the feet of people that are fresh, current, learning, growing.

  Evan Carmichael

• By far, the most compelling person in the room was the boy seated at the feet of the queen.

  Fiction book (1993)

• You may beg forgiveness at the feet of my Lady Dulcinea.

  The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)

• Well, Cornell West learned all of his lessons at the foot of Dubois.

• Domineering fathers are vanquished at the feet of sympathetic mothers.

  Academic text (2013)

• I will sit at the feet of Solomon like the wise men who flock to Jerusalem, and perhaps I will learn from his own lips the way to destroy him.

  Solomon and Sheba (1959)

• Educators such as Puka (2005) lay some of the responsibility for student cheating at the feet of the classroom instructors.

  Academic text (2007)

• So this evening we sit at the feet of a master to listen and to learn.

• Beginning students were still taught aurally at the feet of their teachers.

Synonyms

A

at someone's feet

vsat the feet of

3 6.1

A person who admires someone and does what they want

emphasizes learning and deference to a superior rather than mere loyalty

A

at the feet of the guru

vsat the feet of

9.5

To learn from a wise or spiritual teacher

includes deference and submission as well as learning

O

on one's knees

vsat the feet of

4.4

Kneeling with your knees on the ground or being very weak and needing help

expresses submission and learning toward a superior, not just posture

Antonyms

I

independent

984 2.3

Not controlled by others

How Devoted

at the feet of

3 7.9

devoted

80 3.4

to awe

24 4.1

to admire

743 1.6

respectful

150 1.1

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