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Perfect Stranger Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

To receive a blow? to pull oneself up?

Dear Users,

Can we say in English:

- to receive a blow
- to pull oneself up from something

To be honest with you, I don't know if I will ever pull myself up from this. It's a huge blow. The hardest I've ever received. (about someone's departure)

Thanks
  

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Perfect Stranger - to receive a blow Yes. Perfect Stranger - to pull oneself up from something This is not a common set expression, at least not in my experience. However, it makes sense, and I don't see why you shouldn't say it.

— GPY

  • Perfect Stranger - to receive a blow Yes.
  • Perfect Stranger - to pull oneself up from something This is not a common set expression, at least not in my experience.
  • However, it makes sense, and I don't see why you shouldn't say it.
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Perfect Stranger- to receive a blow
Yes.
Perfect Stranger- to pull oneself up from something
This is not a common set expression, at least not in my experience. However, it makes sense, and I don't see why you shouldn't say it.
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Thank you GPY.

Is there an expression similar to the one I used but perhaps more commonly used?
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In US English (GPY is British) "pull oneself up" is typically not used like this. It's usually used in the expression "pull oneself up by your bootstraps," as in: "He was born in poverty but pulled himself up by his bootstraps until he was president of General Motors."

The given sentence would be said in the US as:

"To be honest with you, I don't know if I'll ever pull myself t
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Perfect StrangerIs there an expression similar to the one I used but perhaps more commonly used?
I don't know if I will ever get over this.
I don't know if I will ever recover from this.
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