sell oneself

1. To demonstrate one's talents, merits, or desirable characteristics, especially in order to become employed. I hate having to sell myself during job interviews—I always feel like I sound arrogant or phony! Remember that your profile on these dating website is meant to sell yourself, so really highlight the things you like best about you! You're selling yourself short, dude—you've got a lot of talents that you're not giving yourself credit for!

2. To degrade, compromise, or give away control of one's principles or potential for quick, short-term monetary gain. People commissioning artists often expect them to sell themselves for a pittance, simply because they feel like they can get away with it. You do realize that by standing against the labor unions, you're basically saying that you're willing to sell yourself for as little as the company sees fit, right?

sell oneself

1. Convince another of one's merits, present oneself in a favorable light, as in A job interview is an ideal opportunity to sell oneself to a prospective employer. Originally this idiom, dating from the second half of the 1700s, alluded to selling one's services for money, but it was being used more loosely by the mid-1800s.

2. Compromise one's principles for monetary gain. An early version was sell oneself (or one's soul) to the devil, which alluded to enlisting the devil's help in exchange for one's soul after death. It is embodied in the legend of Faust, first recorded in the late 1500s.

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释义	sell oneself sell oneself 1. To demonstrate one's talents, merits, or desirable characteristics, especially in order to become employed. I hate having to sell myself during job interviews—I always feel like I sound arrogant or phony! Remember that your profile on these dating website is meant to sell yourself, so really highlight the things you like best about you! You're selling yourself short, dude—you've got a lot of talents that you're not giving yourself credit for! 2. To degrade, compromise, or give away control of one's principles or potential for quick, short-term monetary gain. People commissioning artists often expect them to sell themselves for a pittance, simply because they feel like they can get away with it. You do realize that by standing against the labor unions, you're basically saying that you're willing to sell yourself for as little as the company sees fit, right? See also: sell Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. sell oneself 1. Convince another of one's merits, present oneself in a favorable light, as in A job interview is an ideal opportunity to sell oneself to a prospective employer. Originally this idiom, dating from the second half of the 1700s, alluded to selling one's services for money, but it was being used more loosely by the mid-1800s. 2. Compromise one's principles for monetary gain. An early version was sell oneself (or one's soul) to the devil, which alluded to enlisting the devil's help in exchange for one's soul after death. It is embodied in the legend of Faust, first recorded in the late 1500s. See also: sell The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: pulling power get to get to (do something) be the best of a bad bunch be the best of a bad lot grass is always greener on the other side, the the grass is always greener the grass is always greener (on the other side) The grass is always greener on the other side the grass is greener on the other side References in periodicals archive Thus, on Locke's view, one may neither sell oneself for a slave, nor compact with others to live under a Leviathan, that is, under an absolute monarch or despot. Soldiers, slaves and the liberal state But the main consideration for not allowing such a contract [i.e., to sell oneself into slavery] is the need to preserve the liberty of the person to make future choices. To try to sell oneself, freely, into slavery is to try to make an autonomous choice that turns one from a non-slave into a slave. Attempting to sell oneself into slavery betrays a problem in moral reasoning. The choice to sell oneself into slavery is exactly such a choice. What's wrong with selling yourself into slavery? Paternalism and deep autonomy * The power to sell oneself, either through books, television, or on tape, represents a unique opportunity in the history of African-American women's writing. Toni Morrison, Oprah Winfrey, and Postmodern Popular Audiences
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