Take/hold of one's bootstraps and jump over the moon 3
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(informal. is another form of the expression “pull yourself up by your (own) bootstraps”) improve or regain your previous position by your own efforts, without any help. In this case, it is impossible to save ourselves.
1. CONDEMNATION.BY.REPRESENTATION. - JEFF V-2 N-13 60-1113 29-1 079
Now, to you that says it's wrong for you to be
represented by Adam as a sinner, what about
through representation we have salvation also?
You can no more save yourself, than you could
take your bootstraps and jump over the moon
with it.
