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Meanings of help oneself in English

Portuguese
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To abstain from doing; always used with a negative.

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        Usage of help oneself in English
        1
        When one gets into a big flock, one has to dance, one can't help oneself.
        Dot and the Kangaroo
        2
        When one is at a loss what to say or write, well-onetries to help oneself with music.
        Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 / from Rome to the End
        3
        Sometimes one cannot help oneself.
        South Wind
        4
        But one can't help oneself.
        Esther Waters
        5
        Altogether it was a difficult thing to ascertain or to move the will of the gods, and one must help oneself as best one could.
        The Greek View of Life
        6
        One can help others most, I really believe, by helping oneself.
        Burned Bridges
        7
        His political study Behalf (1999) examined the relationship between helping others and helping oneself.
        The Guardian
        8
        "You don't look to me much good for that job," said the Hare, "but in time of need one must help oneself as one can."
        The Junior Classics, Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories
        Translations for help oneself
        Portuguese
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