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1 pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps
expr infml1)2)It's all very well the doctor telling me to pull myself up by my own bootstraps, but when one's really ill one needs help — Врачу хорошо говорить, что нужно самому выкарабкиваться, но если серьезно болеешь, тебе ведь необходима помощь
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps
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