2006-12-28 12:03:18 · 4 answers · asked by --------------- 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Is this in reference to when someone steps on the back of one's shoe and the heel part of the shoe gets stuck below one's actual heel?
If so, it's just a reference to automobiles in that it slows you down, and you have to stop to adjust the shoe (or "change your tire").
2006-12-28 12:08:18 · answer #1 · answered by rbelcher00 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was a young lad in the '70's... a "flat tire" was given by stepping on your friends heel as he walked, so as to pull the shoe off the heel.
I guess this practice went away in the late 80's when sneakers started costing more that my first RENT !!
2006-12-28 20:33:14 · answer #2 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like taking the wind out of my sails huh.
2006-12-28 20:10:27 · answer #3 · answered by Skeeter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never heard it before, but i'll take a stab at it and say "stop holding me up" or "stop slowing me down"
2006-12-28 20:08:17 · answer #4 · answered by kaymay09 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋