The following headline is from "The Independent", a British newspaper.
HEALTH / Stop the world, I want to get off: More and more people are TATT - tired all the time. Are they bringing it on themselves? Or do they face intolerable pressures? Anne Woodham on ways of tackling the problem
My question is this:
What does "Are they bringing it on themselves?" mean?
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To "bring something on oneself" means to be the cause of one's own problem or difficulty.
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To "bring something on oneself" means to be the cause of one's own problem or difficulty.