on one's knees

They take a staple material for clothing, denim, known for its durability and utility — Gold Rush prospectors needed pants that could withstand a day spent on one’s knees pawing through the mud looking for buried treasure — and expose its insides.

They take a staple material for clothing, denim, known for its durability and utility — Gold Rush prospectors needed pants that could withstand a day spent on one’s knees pawing through the mud looking for buried treasure — and expose its insides.

“Because it’s better to die on one’s feet than live on one’s knees,” Nately retorted with triumphant and lofty conviction.

“But I’m afraid you have it backward. It is better to live on one’s feet than die on one’s knees. That is the way the saying goes.”

Trigger after trigger has her on the binge and purge, stealing chocolate laxative, partying, showing a younger Vine star how it’s done on one’s knees, face in a toilet bowl.