B2idiominformalemotionsIELTS-friendly
pull yourself together
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to control your feelings and start behaving calmly again
Said to someone else it can sound harsh. 'Yourself' changes: myself, herself, themselves.
In context
I cried for ten minutes, then pulled myself together and called the insurance company.
Pull yourself together; the guests will be here in five minutes!
More idioms about emotions
- a bitter pill to swallowan unpleasant fact or situation that is hard to accept
- a bundle of nervesvery nervous and worried
- a chip on your shouldera lasting anger because you feel you were treated unfairly in the past
- a knot in your stomacha tight, sick feeling in your body caused by worry or fear
- a lump in your throata tight feeling in your throat because you are so moved that you might cry