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mind over matter
Idioms and Phrases
Willpower can overcome physical obstacles, as in Margaret was determined to go to the wedding even on crutches—mind over matter . This idea was already expressed by Virgil in the Aeneid (c. 19 b.c. ) as Mens agitat molem , “Mind moves matter,†and it appeared in various forms in English by 1700.Example Sentences
"If it's cold, dark or even snowing you've just got to grit your teeth and get on with it. It's mind over matter," he says.
And it makes sense that when it comes to getting through nausea, which requires a whole lot of mind over matter, I’ve needed even a small shred of hope to cling to.
It was almost mind over matter.
“It’s mind over matter,†she said.
“We saw last week that he had the ability to put mind over matter and just say, `It doesn’t matter if I’m injured. I’m going to go out there and do my thing,’†Schwartz said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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