pick oneself up off the floor

present singular third person picks oneself up off the floor · participle present picking oneself up off the floor · participle past picked oneself up off the floor · past picked oneself up off the floor

1. figurativelyTo resume normal activities after a period of being incapacitated by grief or circumstances.

   Now, pick yourself up off the floor and be a man about it.

   2016, B.J. Scott, The Connected Seven, page 10

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   There will be a time when you need to pick yourself up off the floor and get moving, but that time is not right away. If you did not let yourself have a time to grieve, you would cripple the sadness and loss within you, stifling the natural healing and your ability to progressively repair.

   2012, Lisa Cypers Kamen, Harvesting Happiness for Heroes

   How do you pick yourself up off the floor when you feel so stuck?

   2017, Jon Hershfield, Shala Nicely, Everyday Mindfulness for OCD

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pick up, off, floor.

   More maniacal laughter ensued as John quickly picked himself up off the floor and scooted on hands and knees back to a sitting position against the rough stone face.

   2013, Erik Yeager, The Narrow Road: A Pilgrim's Progress, page 89