yank one’s strap イディオム
strapped
strapped for cash
strap
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.
be strapped
Idiom(s): strapped (for sth)Theme: LACKING
very much in need of money. (Informal.)
• I'm strapped for a few bucks. Can you loan me five dollars?
• Sorry, I'm strapped, too.
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.strapped for|strapped
adj. Broke; out of funds. My brother is so extravagant that he is always strapped for cash.bootstrap
bootstraplift oneself by the (or one's own) bootstraps
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to achieve success by one's own unaided efforts
by one's bootstraps
by one's bootstrapssee under pull oneself up by the bootstraps.
yank one’s strap
verbSee beat the dummyLearn more: strap, yank
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