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Sell himself?
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What's the meaning of this sentence "I should've sold myself more", is it a metaphor ?
Mar 27, 2016 10:30 PM
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It's a metaphor. It's the kind of thing you'd say after a job interview, or any situation where you're trying to impress or "sell yourself." To sell oneself in this case doesn't literally mean to sell yourself into slavery or something. Instead, imagine a salesman trying to sell a product and persuading the potential buyer by going over all the positives and good points of the product. This is kind of what you do at a job interview: you're trying to persuade the other person why they should hire you.
March 27, 2016
Thank you...
March 28, 2016
To sell oneself can mean to try and make yourself appear really good/attractive to others. Literally it means to sell your body in exchange for money.
March 28, 2016
It's a metaphor. It's the kind of thing you'd say after a job interview, or any situation where you're trying to impress or "sell yourself." To sell oneself in this case doesn't literally mean to sell yourself into slavery or something. Instead, imagine a salesman trying to sell a product and persuading the potential buyer by going over all the positives and good points of the product. This is kind of what you do at a job interview: you're trying to persuade the other person why they should hire you.
March 27, 2016
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Khaled
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Arabic, Arabic (Maghrebi), Arabic (Modern Standard), English, French
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