If you are fancy-free, you can do what you like because nobody is waiting at home — no partner you must answer to, no children, no heavy family duties. Dictionaries often say “no family or responsibilities,” and that is how people use it now.

If you are如果你是 fancy-freefancy-free, you can do what you like你可以想做什麼就做什麼, because因為 nobody is waiting at home家裡沒有人在等你 — no partner you must answer to沒有需要對他負責的伴侶、no children沒有小孩、no heavy family duties也沒有沉重的家庭責任。Dictionaries字典 often say常說 'no family or responsibilities'「沒有家累或責任」, and而 that is how people use it now這也是現在大家使用這個詞的方式。

Though actually, the older heart of the word is romantic: fancy here is an old way of saying love or the person you have your eye on, so fancy-free first meant “not caught by love.” You will meet it most in the set phrase footloose and fancy-free, which paints someone unattached and able to go.

Though actually不過其實, the older heart of the word這個詞比較古早的核心 is romantic跟愛情有關: fancy here這裡的fancy is an old way of saying是古時候表示...的說法 love or the person you have your eye on愛情，或你心儀的對象, so所以 fancy-freefancy-free first meant一開始的意思是 'not caught by love'「沒有被愛情困住」。You will meet it most你最常會遇到它 in the set phrase在固定片語 footloose and fancy-freefootloose and fancy-free裡, which paints someone這個片語描繪的是一個人 unattached and able to go沒有牽絆、來去自如。

It sounds a little old-fashioned and cheerful, not like a legal term. It does not mean “free to imagine things.”

It sounds它聽起來 a little old-fashioned and cheerful有點老派又愉快, not like a legal term不像法律用語。It does not mean它不代表 'free to imagine things'「可以自由想像事情」。