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.
(..) And woke up Skylar. - That was you. - Skylar, that fucking bullshit! Does it matter to you, that I just hit that driving range, sided with bermuda grass.. - Oh, My God, bermuda Grass. - You fucking ridiculous! No, you didn't research the whole thing, and you with the fucking gold course! (..)2013 The Wolf of Wall Street