Phrases with YOURSELF

Phrases with YOURSELF

Hi English learners. Welcome to a new lesson. We will look at phrases with yourself.

Yourself is a reflexive form of the personal pronoun you. It is used as an object (you took a photo of yourself) and for emphasis (did you build the house yourself?). It is used in a lot of expressions of phrases and here is the list of the 11 phrases with yourself we will look at today:

1. Be yourself
2. Behave yourself
3. Come to yourself
4. Congratulate yourself
5. Do-it-yourself
6. Doubt yourself
7. Enjoy yourself
8. Express yourself
9. Flatter yourself
10. Get over yourself
11. Help yourself

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Be yourself

Meaning: to behave naturally.

• Don’t pretend that you are something else than you really are. Just be yourself.
• If you want to stand out from the crowd, you have to be yourself.

Behave yourself

Meaning: use the phrase to tell someone to act in a proper way.

• Will you stop fidgeting and behave yourself?
• Behave yourself and be quiet.

Come to yourself

Meaning: to get back to your normal state.

• You’re stressed out. Try to come to yourself before the interview.
• Having a glass of water will help you come to yourself.

Congratulate yourself

Meaning: to be proud of yourself for being successful at something.

• You should congratulate yourself on a well-done job!
• It was a great presentation. You can congratulate yourself.

Do-it-yourself

Meaning: to do or make something by yourself rather than pay someone to do it for you. The short form is DIY.

• Roberta is a do-it-yourself enthusiast. He prefers making things by herself to buying them.
• My neighbour’s favourite pastime is DIY. He loves making furniture for his home.

Doubt yourself

Meaning: to lack faith in yourself and your abilities.

• You shouldn’t mind what people say. Don’t doubt yourself and just go for it.
• If you doubt yourself, you’ll never make it.

Enjoy yourself

Meaning: to have a good time.

• Did you enjoy yourself during your holiday?
• Why don’t you let go of your problems and enjoy yourself at the party?

Express yourself

Meaning: to show your ideas, thoughts and feelings.

• It is a very good idea to try to express yourself through some art form.
• Your ability to express yourself will reflect on your actions, relationships and beliefs.

Flatter yourself

Meaning: to falsely believe that you are better than others.

• If you believe that you can win, you are flattering yourself.
• She’ll never go on a date with you. Don’t flatter yourself.

Get over yourself

Meaning: use the phrase to tell someone to stop being too serious.

• Will you stop talking like a policeman and get over yourself?
• Please, stop panicking and get over yourself.

Help yourself

Meaning: use the phrase to give someone permission to do something.

• The lunch is on the table, please help yourself.
• “May I use your phone?” “Yes, please, help yourself“.

Keep to yourself

Meaning: to be on your own and avoid contact with others.

• I noticed that you’ve been keeping to yourself lately. Do you have a problem you want to talk about?

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