From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishland on your feetland on your feetto get into a good situation again, after having problems She certainly landed on her feet when she got that job. → land
Examples from the Corpus
land on your feet• After some ups and downs, young Mr Davison has landed on his feet.• Even in an industry that shrinks faster than microwave bacon, the good people landed on their feet.• He pushed the floor, and flipped over in the air, landing on his feet.• However he landed on his feet.• This is a company that tends to land on its feet.• Capra lost his job, but landed on his feet when Columbia Pictures hired him. 