Emotions & feelings
could kick yourself
feel annoyed with yourself
If you could kick yourself, you feel very annoyed because of your own mistake or missed opportunity.
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No, and I could kick myself for it.
I could kick myself for leaving my phone in the taxi.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I could kick me for forgetting.
Say: I could kick myself for forgetting.
Use the reflexive pronoun "yourself" when the subject is "you."
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How it fits in a sentence.
could kick yourself for doing something; could have kicked yourself
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I could kick myself for leaving my phone in the taxi.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
could kick yourself
feel annoyed with yourself
“I could kick myself for leaving my phone in the taxi.”
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