Trip the light fantastic

For other uses, see Trip the Light Fantastic.

To "trip the light fantastic" is to dance nimbly or lightly to music. The origin of the phrase is attributed to John Milton.[1][2]

  1. ^ Kirkpatrick, Betty and Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth McLaren (1999) "light fantastic" Clichés: Over 1500 Phrases Explored and Explained Macmillan, New York, page 115, ISBN 978-0-312-19844-2
  2. ^ Jarvie, Gordon (2009) "Trip" Bloomsbury Dictionary of Idioms A & C Black, London, page 652, ISBN 978-1-4081-2492-5