Expression: "He hoisted my head with pride"

[Tom]

Hi

Could you please tell me which sentence is more natural in each pair?

1- His son lifted his head with pride.
2- His son hoisted his head with pride.

1- His son lowered his head with shame/ embarrasment.
2- His son dropped his head with shame/ embarrasment.

1- You should be embarrassed of yourself.
2- You should be embarrassed at yourself.

Tom

[Conchita]

1. His son lifted his head with pride.

1. His son lowered his head in shame ('in' sounds more natural).

None. I would say: "You should be ashamed of yourself".

[Tom]

[Conchita]

We normally lift our own head with pride and lower our own head in shame. In your sentences, we understand that the son lifted or lowered his own head.

[Tom]

[Conchita]

The first sentence sounds unusual and the second one, very strange. Do you have a bit of context for them? To me, lifting or lowering someone's head suggests that this someone is lying, for example. Maybe others have a different view.

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

I agree that, without any other context, your last two sentences sound odd. Headhunters? Beheadings? :shock:

Amy
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