出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第242页（195字）
比喻受挫折后力图恢复，例这次的失败并未使他灰心丧志，他依然摩拳擦掌，随时准备卷土重来。
His failure this time did not dishearten him；he pulled up his socks and prepared to stage a comeback．