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"Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps" nghĩa là gì?
04 Jan, 2020
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"Pull/drag (oneself) up by (someone's) (own) bootstraps" = tự dùng sức để vực dậy -> cụm từ này nghĩa là tự mình cố gắng vươn lên, vươn lên bằng nỗ lực bản thân.
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We have these very strong puritanical (khắt khe) roots and the idea that we make our bed, we lie in it, and you pull yourself up by your own bootstraps. It pits people against each other in a way.
Dattner takes electric joy in being in front of an audience, and she makes keen observations about virtue signaling in the era of social media, about how self-love is as neoliberal a concept as “pull yourself up by your own bootstraps,” about how we’re so protective of our own realities that “we make agreements about which conversations we’re going to have.”
It took me a few years to realize this was a childish way to address the chasm (sự cách biệt lớn) that had opened up between myself and my brother, a hardworking, by-the-books conservative who thinks he’s oppressed as a white male, and my dad, a self-proclaimed patriot who adheres to the “pull yourself up by your own bootstraps” brand of personal fiscal responsibility.
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