Meaning
doing something that you had stopped doing for a while.
Examples
I started working out at the gym again and it feels great to be back in the saddle.
Don’t worry, it’s just an ankle sprain—you’ll be back in the saddle playing tennis in a couple of weeks.
Origin
Synonyms
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What does the idiom ‘back in the saddle’ mean?
The idiom ‘back in the saddle’ means “to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged”
How do you use ‘back in the saddle’ in a sentence?
Example usage of idiom ‘back in the saddle’: Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.