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belt = suspended

• jtbaker 2mo ago
  boot = strapped
  • tweakimp 2mo ago
    Until now I thought it was boots-trapped. I am not a native speaker :)
    • crabmusket 2mo ago
      The idiom is to "pull oneself up by one's boot straps": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping#Etymology
      • tweakimp 2mo ago
        Thanks!