Comments on: Fend for yourself https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fend-for-yourself/ Upgrade your English Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:16:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fend-for-yourself/#comment-16082 Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:53:37 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=4751#comment-16082 In reply to Huy.

perfect example!

]]> By: Huy https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fend-for-yourself/#comment-16075 Mon, 29 Jul 2024 01:46:34 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=4751#comment-16075 Many students who come to the city to attend university have to fend for themselves, from finding accommodation and cooking to managing their finances.

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fend-for-yourself/#comment-16050 Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:20:39 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=4751#comment-16050 In reply to Nataliia Kushneruk.

Fantastic use of “fend for myself.” “Overprotected” is a word and that is fine in this case. However, a great English word you can use in this situation is “sheltered.” That’s when parents overprotect their kids, so that their kids have a harder time when they leave the house. You can say, “I was sheltered as a kid, so I later struggled to fend for myself in the dorm.”

]]> By: Nataliia Kushneruk https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fend-for-yourself/#comment-16029 Sun, 21 Jul 2024 12:33:45 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=4751#comment-16029 Like a plant in a greenhouse, I was overprotected by my parents as a kid and later struggled a lot as a student to fend for myself in the dorm.

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