| 单词 | square one's shoulders |
| 释义 | square one's shouldersPrepare to face adversity, as in She knew it wouldn't be easy but she squared her shoulders and faced the hostile audience. This expression transfers standing erect with the shoulders pulled back, forming an angle much like a square's right angle, to the situations calling for this stance. It was first recorded in 1819. Words nearby square one's shoulderssquare millimeter, square number, square off, square of opposition, square one, square one's shoulders, square peg in a round hole, square piano, square-rigged, square-rigger, square rod The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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