comfortable in one's own skin
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5.6
- idiom
:
cómodo en su propia piel
- Feeling comfortable in your own skin is a priceless experience—and Golda can help you get there.
- feel comfortable in one's own skin
- more comfortable in one's own skin
- get comfortable in one's own skin
Examples
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I am comfortable in my own skin for the first time in a long time, and it feels great!
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I finally grew comfortable in my own skin and eventually even proud of who I had become and what I had to go through to get there.
Fiction book (2002) -
It's a hard age to be comfortable in your own skin.
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Are you fully comfortable in your own skin?
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It's about being comfortable in your own skin, a sense of knowing who you are, and feeling at ease with it.
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I think that everyone can relate to the feeling of not being comfortable in their own skin.
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Sadly, this has resulted in a large percentage of women not feeling comfortable in their own skin.
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Her journey of self-realization allows her to be at peace, to create friendships, and to be comfortable in her own skin.
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It shows that she's comfortable in her own skin, which is empowering in my opinion.
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After years of personal growth, she finally feels comfortable in her own skin and embraces her identity.
Synonyms
106
1.7
Being comfortable and relaxed, not nervous or worried
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3.0
Being sure you can do something well
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3.2
Feeling sure about your own abilities and worth
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7.4
To feel comfortable and confident with who you are
Antonyms
How Comfortable
Surface Forms
Morphology
comfortable + in + one + own + skin
The adjective 'comfortable' plus the locative phrase 'in one's own skin' suggests being at ease with oneself, so a learner who knows the constituents can partially guess the intended meaning. However, 'skin' is used metaphorically for identity/self, which is non-literal and may not be fully predictable to a B1 learner without prior exposure; cross-linguistic parallels help but the idiomatic bodily metaphor makes it only partially transparent.
Etymology
Comfortable in one's own skin comes from the image of a person who feels relaxed in their own skin, not hiding behind a mask or costume. So being comfortable in your own skin means 'feeling happy with who you are and sure of yourself'.