down-on-your-knees

Updated: May 21, 2025

But if there's any half-and-half feeling in her mind about him, and she's uncertain and doubtful whether she likes him well enough, all this down-on-your-knees business works against you, more than your worst enemy could do. I didn't know so much about it then. I've found it out since, worse luck.

Rolf Boldrewood - Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields