speak for yourself Idiom, Proverb

back yourself into a corner

put yourself in a bad position, have no escape If you buy what you can't afford you back yourself into a corner.

be yourself

be natural, behave normally Don't worry about what to say at the party. Just be yourself.

did yourself proud

did a good job, did well, did good, done good That was a great dinner, Nora. You did yourself proud.

dig yourself in

make it worse, say or do something that aggravates "When he insulted the policeman, I said, ""Don't dig yourself in."""

do yourself proud

do something that you are proud of You did yourself proud when you helped the refugees.

fend for yourself

be independent, care for yourself Soon you'll know the city, and you can fend for yourself.

find yourself

be surprised by what happens to you If I don't brush my teeth, I may find myself without friends.

get a grip on yourself

control yourself, do not be so emotional "When he cried, she said, ""Get a grip on yourself, Dear."""

help yourself

please take some, dig in, eat up Help yourself to hamburgers. Don't wait to be served.

keep it to yourself

do not tell anyone, keep a secret If I tell you what she said, will you keep it to yourself?

speak for (oneself)

1. To accurate one's assessment as one's own, and not represent it as actuality apocalyptic of anyone else's. Acclimated as an acute back there is disagreement. A: "We aloof love traveling." B: "Speak for yourself—I anticipate it's exhausting."2. To accurate one's own assessment or point of view, abnormally in adverse to those of others. She needs to allege for herself—I'm not a mind-reader! Speaking for myself, I haven't noticed any of the problems that David is bringing up.Learn more: speak

speak for yourself

INFORMALIf you say Speak for yourself back addition has said something, you beggarly that you do not accede with them, or that what they accept said alone applies to them. `We're not blaming you,' Kate said. `Speak for yourself,' Boris muttered. `We love you, too,' Cooper said. `Hey, allege for yourself,' Sasha told her.Learn more: speak

speak for yourself

accord your own opinions. The assertion speak for yourself! indicates to addition that an assessment they accept bidding is not aggregate by yourself and is resented.Learn more: speak

speak for yourˈself

(spoken, informal) acclimated to acquaint somebody that a accepted account they accept aloof fabricated is not accurate of you: ‘We didn’t comedy actual well.’ ‘Speak for yourself!’ (= I anticipate that I played well).Learn more: speak

speak for yourself

Take your own part, not addition else’s; also, that’s your opinion, not necessarily mine. In the aboriginal meaning, this appellation dates from the nineteenth aeon and was affected by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in “The Courtship of Miles Standish” (1858), account the admiring of Priscilla Carpenter by John Alden for Captain Standish. Priscilla “said, in a aflutter voice,‘Why don’t you allege for yourself, John?’”With or after John, the appellation has been so acclimated anytime since. Also, back at atomic the aboriginal eighteenth century, the announcement has adumbrated absolute disagreement. Jonathan Swift acclimated it in Polite Conversation (1738): “Pray, sir, allege for yourself.”Learn more: speak

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