He has never been one to 'let the grass grow under his feet'. [=he has never been slow about doing things; he gets things done quickly]
The young candidate hoped to gather votes at the 'grassroots' level in his own neighborhood.
I'm not ready to be 'put out to grass' [='put out to pasture'] just yet.
(..) about the divorce papers- Do you have a sec? Excuse me. This thing's acting up again. The focus mount's jammed. There's grass in the auto-focus. Should I clean it? Not unless you want to sketch tornados. Welcome back. I'm not back. You want the papers? (..)1996 Twister