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Expression: "He hoisted my head with pride"



 
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Expression: "He hoisted my head with pride" #1 (permalink) Sun Jan 07, 2007 20:55 pm   Expression: "He hoisted my head with pride"
 

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.

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Expression" "He hoisted my head with pride." #2 (permalink) Sun Jan 07, 2007 22:48 pm   Expression" "He hoisted my head with pride."
 

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".
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Expression" "He hoisted my head with pride." #3 (permalink) Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:51 am   Expression" "He hoisted my head with pride."
 

Conchita wrote:
1. His son lifted his head with pride.

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


Many thanks, Conchita!

I hope it could be anybody's head--I mean, his or his father's, and in both cases the sentences are correct??

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Expression: "He hoisted my head with pride" #4 (permalink) Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:50 am   Expression: "He hoisted my head with pride"
 

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.
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Expression: "He hoisted my head with pride" #5 (permalink) Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:18 am   Expression: "He hoisted my head with pride"
 

Conchita wrote:
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.


Ah ha! OK, could you please see this one too? How does it sound to you?

1. Her son lifted her head with pride.

1. Her son lowered her head in shame.

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Expression: "He hoisted my head with pride" #6 (permalink) Mon Jan 08, 2007 13:38 pm   Expression: "He hoisted my head with pride"
 

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.
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Expression: "He hoisted my head with pride" #7 (permalink) Mon Jan 08, 2007 14:05 pm   Expression: "He hoisted my head with pride"
 

Hi Tom

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

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