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pull/haul yourself up by the/your (own) bootstraps idiom to improve your situation without any help from other people: 靠自己的努力取得成功,自力更生 He left school at 15 and pulled himself up by his bootstraps to ultimately head up a company.他15岁就离开了学校,完全靠自己的能力最终成为一家公司的主管。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Making things better add salt to somethingidiom allay alleviate alleviation ameliorate cultivate levelling up liven (something) up lubricate make a differenceidiom make a world of differenceidiom remedial restructure revamp revitalize revivify revolutionize salve sharpen tonic
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