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Janaj Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
carving yourself down
Could you help me, please? There is the sentence:"Well,actually, you just think that is what is wrong with you, because in actual fact what you have been doing is carving yourself down" In this sentence I do not have correct meaning of "carving yourself down" I did not find any fiting def. Wiat it does mean ? Thank you. jj
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It is not an idiom that I have ever heard before, but I suppose it is intended to mean about the same as 'putting yourself down' or 'whittling away at your self-esteem': making yourself feel or appear worse or less able.
- It is not an idiom that I have ever heard before, but I suppose it is intended to mean about the same as 'putting yourself down' or 'whittling away at your self-esteem': making yourself feel or appear worse or less able.
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It is not an idiom that I have ever heard before, but I suppose it is intended to mean about the same as 'putting yourself down' or 'whittling away at your self-esteem': making yourself feel or appear worse or less able.
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Thank you a lot, it makes sense just now, something to cut on piecies yourself, I like your answer. jj
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