Kick up your heels - to celebrate, or have a wonderful time, esp. after a long period of work or seclusion. For example, "When the ship docked after a three month deployment, the sailors kicked up their heals at a local pub."
Probable Origin -- When released from a stall or barn into an open paddock or field, a horse will often gallop around the pasture, occasionally bucking and kicking its hind legs into the air.
It means to act frisky, like a young deer or other long-legged animal, especially while dancing.
to act frisky
"To kick up your heels!" is to celebrate. Get up and do something.
The first citation was in 1771 by Herbert Lawrence in a book that referred to someone getting a kick in the face and turning that person head over heels
Head over heels is an idiom because the meaning does not match what the words are saying.
To "kick yourself" means to hate yourself for doing something that could be seen as stupid or uneeded.Ex.The young man kicked himself after breaking up with his girlfriend.
The phrase emerged in the 14th century as "heels over head", which is more literally accurate, as "head over heels" is the more standard state of being. "Heels over head" evolved into "head over heels" in common use departing its literal meaning, probably for reasons of phrasal elegance.
"To kick up your heels!" is to celebrate. Get up and do something.
To "kick up your heels" means to enjoy yourself, have a good time, party on, etc.
To get a kick means to enjoy - it's an older slang term from the idea of kicking up your heels with joy.
The cast of Kick Up Your Heels - 2013 includes: Taylor Beck as Instructor Jacinta Landon as Instructor Samantha Schnitzler as Instructor
move with agility
Deer
You mean to go foward? Kick gently with your heels or squeeze gently with your calves.
you have to kick your heels into the sided of the horse.
My Happiness - Powderfinger
They kick up their heels and buck and shake their head at their playmate; they love to butt heads with each other and lock horns.
Lifting your heels. Either slightly, so as to be unnoticeable, or right up as though in spiked high heels. But not on "pointe" as in ballet.
To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk., To strike or lash with a whip., To throw out the heels; to kick; to jerk., To move a quick, jerking motion., A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.