shadow of oneself Idioma

by oneself

alone and without help.

fall over oneself

be extremely eager to do something or please someone They fell over themselves in their effort to please their host.

get a grip of oneself

take control of one

give oneself away

show guilt, show one has done wrong She gave herself away when she said that she hadn

give oneself up

surrender, stop hiding or running away The robbers gave themselves up when the police surrounded the house.

give oneself up to

let oneself enjoy, not hold oneself back from He gave himself up to enjoy the party although he was feeling sick.

kick oneself

regret I kicked myself for not applying for the job sooner.

knock oneself out

make a great effort They really knocked themselves out trying to make the party successful.

make a name for oneself

become well-known or famous He has made a name for himself in the field of computers.

make oneself at home

act as if you were at home She is able to make herself at home when she goes to visit her friends.

a adumbration of (oneself)

Someone or article that has afflicted badly to become decreased in activity in some way, generally afterward abrogating affairs or some alarming event. Tom's been annihilation but a adumbration of himself back that accident, his bubbly, approachable persona replaced by anguish and seriousness. The accumulation abandonment of workers from the country during the recession has larboard it a bald adumbration of itself.Learn more: of, shadow