The "six" in the expression comes from the six feet that make up a fathom which is a little less than two meters.
VOA: special.2009.05.24
I was watching him and he was putting his feet up on the desk,
上次我注意到,他把脚放到办公桌上。
In fact, his friends-- it went through his head, went--ended up 100 feet away, covered with brains and blood.
事实上,他的朋友们,钢管穿过了他的脑袋,飞出一百多英尺,浑身是脑浆和血
The "six" in the expression comes from the six feet that make up a fathom -- which is a little less than two meters.
VOA: special.2011.03.06
He's a man up in the air you know he's so detached he doesn't have his feet on the ground.
他是个生活在空中的人,十足超然,从不脚踏实地。
They place their hands and feet in the cracks and then work their way up.
VOA: special.2009.01.07
What that is, is an organ pipe of the type of organ that we have over in Woolsey Hall, thirty-two feet tall, this gigantic sound of down there so that's what he's trying to set up.
这是一种管风琴,梧希音乐厅就有,三十二英尺高,巨大浑厚的低音,正是施特劳斯努力展现的
Down two and a half. Kicking up some dust. Thirty feet.
VOA: special.2009.07.15
thirty-six feet per second up. Very smooth, very quiet ride."
VOA: special.2009.07.15
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