grip oneself with both hands

短语

英文释义

短语
  1. To ready oneself for action or bravery; to gird up one's loins. obsolete
    — But, as the saying goes, I gripped myself with both hands. It grew upon my mind, once I could face the facts, that, terrible as our position was, there was as yet no justification for absolute despair.
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