seven-league boots
Magical distance-covering boots
Seven-league boots are magical footwear from European folklore that allow the wearer to cover seven leagues—about twenty miles—with each stride.
The image appears in fairy tales and has become a figure for anything enabling rapid progress: With the new software, we had seven-league boots on the project.
The phrase evokes swift, almost supernatural advancement.
Under magical influence
- magicSupernatural or illusory power
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- ogreMonstrous man-eating giant
- cobblerShoe repair artisan
transformation · quest · adventure · fable · storybook · charmed · whimsical · fantastical
Travel from place to place
- voyageJourney by sea
- trekArduous overland journey
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
wanderlust · globetrotter · wayfarer · nomad · pilgrimage · quest · roaming · traversing
Moving with speed
- rapidMoving with haste
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- supersonicExceeding audio velocity
- velocityDirected rate of motion
sprint · dash · zoom · whiz · turbo · flash · bounding · striding
Dominant figure in field
- colossusStatue of immense size
- ogreMonstrous man-eating giant
- GoliathBiblical giant warrior
- BrobdingnagianImmense beyond measure
towering · massive · giant-killer · oversized · tremendous · gargantuan
enchanted
Under magical influence
- magicSupernatural or illusory power
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- ogreMonstrous man-eating giant
cobbler · transformation · quest · adventure · fable · storybook · charmed · whimsical · fantastical · fairy godmother
journey
Travel from place to place
expedition · wanderlust · globetrotter · wayfarer · nomad · pilgrimage · quest · roaming · traversing · far-flung
swift
Moving with speed
- rapidMoving with haste
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- supersonicExceeding audio velocity
velocity · sprint · dash · zoom · whiz · turbo · flash · bounding · striding · leaping
titan
Dominant figure in field
Brobdingnagian · towering · massive · giant-killer · oversized · tremendous · gargantuan
- Slavic folkloreBaba Yaga, vampire, Ivan, mora, Firebird
- enchanted footwearruby slippers, glass slippers, winged sandals, golden slippers, silver shoes
seven-league bootsball and chain
Fetter limiting prisoner movement
snail's pace · shackles · hobbles · leg irons · walking shoes
seven, league, boots, boot, leagues, sevens, seventh, sevenths, seventy