tove tusselagoI always thought the expression "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" sounded weird, since.. you know.. you can't actually do that? Like, you can't pull on your bootstraps up some stairs for example.
But it turns out that the expression started out as a parody of what it now is for, to express how impossible it is for everyone to just work hard and become billionaires or something like that..
But it turns out that the expression started out as a parody of what it now is for, to express how impossible it is for everyone to just work hard and become billionaires or something like that..