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The 'light fantastic toe' was the form that was used when the phrase first circulated, as in this extract from The Times, November 1803: "A splendid ball was also given; where the CONSUL himself tripped it on the light fantastic toe."
Source(s): phrases.org.uk/meanings/trip-the-light-fantastic.html
Artist:
The 'light fantastic toe' was the form that was used when the phrase first circulated, as in this extract from The Times, November 1803: "A splendid ball was also given; where the CONSUL himself tripped it on the light fantastic toe."
Source(s): phrases.org.uk/meanings/trip-the-light-fantastic.html