put one's own oxygen mask on first
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English
52
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
4
Syllables
17
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "“When I first said, ‘OK, how do I give back?’ my integrated therapy doctor told me to put my own oxygen mask on first, so to speak.”"
- "F.A.D. genuinely wants to save the world and all the talented but anxious girls in her life. But she has to put her own oxygen mask on first."
- "But experts say I'm not alone, although putting your oxygen mask on first can be beneficial in parenting."
- ""Quinn’s decision to return to New York is two-fold," Blair notes. "First, to save her dance hall and repay her debt to Austin Water & Power. But just as important is her desire to put herself first for the first time. She’s always trying to save others. It really was time for Quinn to save herself this season. To put her own oxygen mask on first.""
Etymology
From the standard pre-flight safety demonstration instruction "Put on your own oxygen mask before helping children/others". In an aircraft depressurisation, attempting to help a child before ensuring one's own oxygen supply can endanger both the parent and, by extension, the child.