hit (one's) straps Idioma

pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps

Idiom(s): pull oneself up (by one's own bootstraps)

Theme: DETERMINATION

to achieve (something) through one's own efforts.
• They simply don’t have the resources to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps.
• If I could have pulled myself up, Id have done it by now.

Pull yourself up by your bootstraps

If you pull yourself up by your bootstraps, you make the effort to improve things for yourself.

pull oneself up by the bootstraps|bootstrap|bootst

adv. phr. To succeed without help; succeed by your own efforts. He had to pull himself up by the bootstraps.

by one's bootstraps

by one's bootstraps
see under pull oneself up by the bootstraps.

pull oneself up by the bootstraps

pull oneself up by the bootstraps
Succeed by one's own efforts, as in She was homeless for nearly two years, but she managed to pull herself up by the bootstraps. This expression alludes to pulling on high boots by means of the straps or loops attached to them at the top. [Early 1900s]

hit (one's) straps

1. To alpha traveling at a constant pace; to hit one's stride. We started out apathetic but again hit our straps as we connected through the park.2. To become accomplished in a accurate area. Once you hit your straps at your new job, I'm abiding your bang-up will be actual afflicted with you.Learn more: hit, strap

hit your straps

activate to accomplish as able-bodied as you can; hit your stride. The expression, which is acclimated mainly in antic contexts, originated in Australian English. It may accept originated in the abstraction of attractive for the straps of one's swag pack, interpreted metaphorically as gluttonous a new job. 1992 Daily Telegraph A cardinal of our players accept not hit their straps for whatever reason, but they apperceive that if they don't do it shortly, they'll no best be allotment of the team. Learn more: hit, strap

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