Cut A Rug Phrase

I was wondering if anyone knew the origin of the phrase cut a rug meaning to dance or to dance well.

Cut a rug phrase.

An author writing in vintage vernacular might describe her characters cutting a rug to transport the reader back to the era in which the book is supposed. Cut a rug posted by esc on june 02 2011 at 00 42. Cut a rug cut the rug dance typically in an energetic or accomplished way north american informal 1966 sky magazine the wide open spaces around the bar mean as it fills up the place soon resembles a club and the punters are itching to cut a rug. Some of the mothers had a great time cutting a rug alongside their teenage daughters.

If you cut a rug or cut the rug you dance in a lively and energetic way. Cutting a rug does indeed refer to dancing. Much as the sayings get down and boogie are the more recent vernacular referring to the same action. The term to cut a rug first started to emerge as a slang term for dancing in the 1920s.

Posted by baceseras on june 04 2011 at 14 27. Cut a rug rate this phrase. For example john can really cut a rug. Most of those on the crowded dance floor cutting the rug were over 50.