Emotions & feelings
kid yourself
believe an untrue hope
To believe something because you want it to be true, even though you know it probably is not.
Hear it in real life
Do you think he will apologise?
Don't kid yourself - he has never admitted he was wrong.
I am kidding myself if I think I can finish all that work tonight.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Don't kid to yourself that everything is fine.
Say: Don't kid yourself that everything is fine.
“Kid yourself” takes a reflexive object directly, without “to.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
kid yourself that; kid yourself into thinking
Your turn: say it out loud
I am kidding myself if I think I can finish all that work tonight.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
kid yourself
believe an untrue hope
“I am kidding myself if I think I can finish all that work tonight.”
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