have to pinch yourself

have to pinch yourself
have to pinch yourself mainly spoken phrase
used for saying that you do not believe that something good that is happening to you is real

I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming.

Thesaurus: ways of saying that you do not believe somethingsynonym
Main entry: pinch

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