drag oneself up by one's boot straps

See: PULL ONESELF UP BY THE BOOT STRAPS.

No categories:

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

To section: D

Subscribe to: American Idioms

✉

Our RSS-channels

Show All

See as well

boot strap

[boot strap] See: [PULL ONESELF UP BY THE BOOTSTRAPS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

to boot

[to boot] {adv. phr.} In addition; besides; as something extra. * /He not only got fifty dollars, but they bought him dinner to boot./ Compare: [FOR GOOD MEASURE], [IN THE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

boot hill

[boot hill] {n.} A cemetery in the old Wild West where cowboys and cops and robbers used to be buried with their boots on. Hence, jokingly, any cemetery. * /Good […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

pull oneself together

[pull oneself together] {v. phr.} To become calm after being excited or disturbed; recover self-command; control yourself. * /It had been a disturbing moment, but he was able to pull […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Recent updates

головная боль

[головная боль] {n. phr.} [golov`naya bol'] - sth. that needs to be done and is bothering your mind; - the […]

pass through one's mind

[pass through one's mind] See: [CROSS ONE'S MIND].

Ogden Nash

(1902-1971) U.S. poet A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the […]

common as an old shoe

[common as an old shoe] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not showing off; not vain; modest; friendly to all. * /Although Mr. Jones […]