What does "tripping the light fantastic" mean..and where did it originate?

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"Trip the light fantastic" or "Tripping the light fantastic," is a phrase meaning to dance or move to musical accompaniment. Originally from the John Milton poem L'Allegro. "Come, and trip it, as you go, On the light fantastic toe;"

Answer 2

Trip The Light Fantastic

Answer 3

Having sex with multiple partners is biologically normal for humans, especially males. The concept of cheating actually means betrayal and does not only relate to partnership but also to other things like sports, games, or plain lying. Cheating in a partnership can only happen when the socio-cultural idea of the partnership is monogamy. Not all cultures have monogamy and it is not our biological trait, so at one point different cultures defined monogamy as their preference of a partnership. It certainly didn't start with the bible or in biblical times although religion plays an important role: the idea of a monogamous marriage ensures that the offspring is raised in the same religious believe as the parents and thus ensures a continous growth in followers of that religion. However, there are religions that promote polygamy, including Christian side branches such as the mormons. The problem of cheating in a partnership is not only sociocultural but also personal. Many see the spouse as a "belonging" rather than a free person, and what belongs to me, no other person can have. The limit is usually drawn by the level of jealousy of a person, the higher, the less freedom for the partner. Naturally, most would draw the limit when it comes to intimate relationships and would only call that cheating in the strict sense. Apart from jealousy, the reason why most people don't accept cheating is because they see their partner as a support person. This means a certain level of devotion towards the other. A support person cannot have an intimate relationship with another person because that would confuse his/her priorities towards her/his partner. For women this is more important than for men, which is why cheating hurts the female partner usually more than the male partner.

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What does "tripping the light fantastic" mean..and where did it originate?

Answer 5

It refers to dancing.

Origin...Not sure...here's what I found...
trip the light fantastic
To dance.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/trip

"To trip the light fantastic is to dance. It is an odd phrase, one that makes little sense on its face. This is because it is a garbled version of a line from Milton. In his 1632 poem L’Allegro, Milton wrote:

Com, and trip it as ye go,
On the light fantastick toe.
And in thy right hand lead with thee,
The Mountain Nymph, sweet Liberty;

It is not light that is fantastic, but rather the toe or dance step. Both trip and light refer to the movement of the feet. The verb to trip has meant to step lightly, to dance since the 14th century. From Chaucer’s The Miller’s Tale from c.1386:

In twenty manere koude he trippe and daunce
After the scole of Oxenford tho.
(In twenty manners could he trip and dance
After the school of Oxford at that time.)"
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"The expression was originally coined by John Milton in his poem "L'Allegro" in 1645.

"Come, and trip it as ye go
On the light fantastic toe,"

The espression didn't really become popular until it was used in the song "The Sidewalks of New York".

"Boys and girls together, me and Mamie O'Rourke
Tripped the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York""
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Answer 6

If it's what I think it is, it's "trip the light fandango" and it's from a Procol Harem song of the sixties, Whiter Shade of Pale".

Answer 7

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Well, Biblical is one answer. But, I think it is in our nature. It is a concept that comes from the feelings that are generated when someone is betrayed. We give names to things. So, the act that causes feelings of jealousy and betrayal has a name. That name is cheating in English.

Answer 8

I think it means "dancing." The link will explain.

Answer 9

i think it means the same as "painting the town red" - going out and having a good time.

Answer 10

probably refers to experiencing beautiful light and color patterns, changes, etc, and it probably originated with lsd, shrooms, or some other type of psychoactive drug