[moose07]

Don’t you have that backwards? In English sentence structure we would say, “A foot is something sinister.” That is, unless it’s poetry.

Adverb

1. In preparation or progress; happening or beginning to happen.
2. On foot.

   The usage is fine,please refer to Sherlock Holmes stories for reference.

"Ah Watson, i think the game is afoot!"

[Monkey Face]

I’m reading the Sherlock Holmes Mysteries on Kindle. Starting with the four novels he wrote. Basil Rathbone was such a good Sherlock! LOL! About the only one I’ve seen since who was any good, is Robert Downey, Jr.

How are things in your neck of the woods?

[ArGee]

"Ah Watson, i think the game is afoot!"

Then why is he considered so smart? Even if feet were games, that would not mean games were feet. Unless he means a foot as in a measurement rather than an extremity of the human body.

This confusion of language is part of our problem in modern days. No wonder Congress can't get anything done.

Well, that and most Congresscritters are idiots, but let's not go there.