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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Does "Pull yourself up" mean "put yourself right"?
Failed to understand "This is mine!" here. Does it mean "this is my problem"? But it follows "you're not my problem!"
Context:
. THE "ME" SOCIETY. I think it's the every-man-for-himself ethos of this country that has put us in this mess and I believe it's been our undoing. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps! You're not my problem! This is mine!
Context:
. THE "ME" SOCIETY. I think it's the every-man-for-himself ethos of this country that has put us in this mess and I believe it's been our undoing. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps! You're not my problem! This is mine!
Top answer
Pull yourself up by your bootstraps! Improve your position in life by your own efforts, without assistance from anyone else. You're not my problem!
- Pull yourself up by your bootstraps!
- Improve your position in life by your own efforts, without assistance from anyone else.
- You're not my problem!
- This is mine!
- Without any context, the exact meaning seems a little unclear to me.
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Pull yourself up by your bootstraps! Improve your position in life by your own efforts, without assistance from anyone else.
You're not my problem!
This is mine! Without any context, the exact meaning seems a little unclear to me. Perhaps it means that the speaker is selfishly claiming ''this', in an
You're not my problem!
This is mine! Without any context, the exact meaning seems a little unclear to me. Perhaps it means that the speaker is selfishly claiming ''this', in an
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