Introducing the footloose index: childfree, footloose and fancy -free, dines on fancy hot dogs

Introducing the footloose index: we’ve ranked 74 countries on how appealing they are to mobile workers

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	Footloose and fancy-free as a pensioner? There may be little chance of that in a future Europe. While more people are living longer, birth rates are dropping. And the eurozone crisis is contributing to the pinch.

Every Thursday night, Lonnie Bishop and Lisa Case have a dinner date. For $5 each, the couple dines on fancy hot dogs served from a food truck.管淑平
每週四畢修和凱斯都有個晚餐約會，每人花5美元，這對情人吃的是一輛餐車賣的豪華熱狗。

 

Definition of footloose

adjective

• able to travel freely and do as one pleases due to a lack of responsibilities or commitments:I am footloose and fancy-free—I can follow my job wherever it takes me
• (of a commercial, industrial, or financial operation) unrestricted in its location or field of operations and able to respond to fluctuations in the market.

音節

fóot • lòose

[形]足のおもむくままの, 気ままな, 風来坊の

footloose and fancy free
気楽で自由奔放な.

fancy
adj., -ci·er, -ci·est.

1. Highly decorated: a fancy hat.
2. Arising in the fancy; capricious.
3. Executed with skill; complex or intricate: the fancy footwork of a figure skater.
4. Of superior grade; fine: fancy preserves.
5. Excessive or exorbitant: paid a fancy price for the car.
6. Bred for unusual qualities or special points.

childfree

Syllabification: (child·free)

Pronunciation: /ˈCHīldˈfrē/

Entry from US Dictionary

adjective

pertaining to adults who do not have or live with children:I’m interested in finding a childfree computer geek-girl with a worldview similar to mine