On his legs Mr So-and-So is on his legs, has risen to make a speech On its last legs Moribund; obsolete; ready to fall out of cognisance To set on his legs So to provide for one that he is able to earn his living without further help To stand on one's own legs To be independent: to be earning one's own living Of course, the allusion is to being nursed, and standing alone (See Bottom )
When the market trades in one direction, then reverses itself, and then reverses itself again, resuming the initial trend Each reversal time period is known as a "leg" of the trend In spread trading involving two contracts, one long and one short, each position (long or short) is known as a "leg" of the spread
Two interpretations Term used when referring to the liquid rivulets that form on the inside of a wineglass bowl after the wine is swirled in order to evaluate the alcohol concentration present Usually the higher the alcohol content, the more impressive the rivulets appear because of reduced surface tension effects (Some still cling to the erroneous belief that glycerin content causes these rivulets) Valuable technique when used in "blind" tasting competitions Alternatively, is used by some as a near synonym for "balance" as in "This wine has _legs_", ie: underpinnings Indicates the wine has all the basic characteristics looked for in when making an initial assessment
Used when referring to the liquid rivulets that form on the inside of a wineglass after the wine is swirled in order to evaluate the alcohol concentration present Usually the higher the alcohol content, the more impressive the rivulets appear because of reduced surface tension effects
Term used when referring to the liquid rivulets that form on the inside of a wineglass bowl after the wine is swirled in order to evaluate the alcohol concentration present Usually the higher the alcohol content, the more impressive the rivulets appear because of reduced surface tension effects (Some still cling to the erroneous belief that glycerin content causes these rivulets) Valuable technique when used in "blind" tasting competitions
Wine appreciation term referring to the colorless "tears" which continually form along the inside wall about an inch above the surface of wine in a wine glass Tears are formed more readily by higher alcohol wines than by lower -- the cause being related to alcohol content
It is traditionally considered inappropriate to display the legs They are usually covered with swaths of fabric, although the lines of the torso are visible
When you swill wine in a glass, it leaves a liquid film on the inside of the glass These "tears" (as they can also be called) are the result of the difference in evaporation and capillary tension between the water and the alcohol, the latter evaporating much more quickly than the water As water is the principal constituent, there will be more tears when the percentage of alcohol is higher
The legs are composed of five main segments The segment nearest the body is the coxa, followed by the very short trochanter (which is seldom used in ant taxonomy), the long femur and tibia, and finally the tarsus The tarsus is composed of five small segments with a pair of small, curved claws at its tip The claws are most commonly a single, curved shaft terminating in a sharp point However, in some groups the claws can have from one to many small teeth along their inner margins The junction of the tibia and the tarsus is usually armed with a large, stout, articulated, spike-like structure called the tibial spur The number of spurs can be none, one or two, and they can be simple or comb-like (pectinate) These structures are best viewed from the front with the leg extending outwards from the body at right angles to its long axis |top|