callus

have calluses from patting (one's) own back

To have excessively praised oneself for an achievement or a job well done. Tony was instrumental in the success of the merger—or so he says. I bet he has calluses from patting his own back.
See also: back, callus, have, own, pat
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

have calluses from patting one's own back

 and break one's arm patting oneself on the back
Fig. to be a braggart. If you haven't heard about Bill's latest achievement, he'd be glad to tell you. He has calluses from patting his own back. Jane: I did a really wonderful job, if I do say so myself. Tom: If you're not careful, you'll break your arm patting yourself on the back.
See also: back, callus, have, own, pat
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • wash (one's) hands of (someone or something)
  • wash hands of
  • wash one's hands of
  • wash your hands of
  • wash your hands of somebody/something
  • wash your hands of something/someone
  • for (one's) (own) sake
  • for sake
  • keep in sight
  • keep sight of (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
Embryonic callus induction medium I: MS minerals and vitamins, 400 mg/l casein, 2.5 mg/l 2,4-D, 1 g/L activated charcoal and 2 g/l gelrite.
EFFICIENT IN VITRO BULBLET PRODUCTION OF ENDANGERED HYACINTHELLA Micrantha (BOISS.) CHOUARD
The treatments E3, H5 and E5 (Figure 1F) were the ones that showed the highest mean for callus formation, and when TDZ doses in isolation were increased in the treatments (experiment I), resulted in increase of the mean number of callus formed by explant (Table 3).
Induction of callus and adventitious shoots on epicotyl and hypocotyl segments of cumaru (Dipteryx odorata)
Mr Callus told the judge that NGN had agreed to pay substantial damages to Ms Hinte's estate and its legal costs.
Damages paid out to family of 'Lotto Gran' over topless images
Explant Selection, Preparation, and Culturing for Callus Induction.
Optimization of Protocols for In Vitro Regeneration of Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
In experiment B explants (n = 135) were left on MS medium supplemented with 1 mg/l of 2,4D (Alfa Aesar, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA) and 1 mg/l of BAP (SERVA Feinbiochemica, Heidelberg, Germany) without NPs for 5 weeks to accumulate callus biomass.
Plant Explants Grown on Medium Supplemented with [Fe.sub.3][O.sub.4] Nanoparticles Have a Significant Increase in Embryogenesis
Finally, they were subcultured in the same medium every three weeks for six selection cycles until the herbicide resistant callus was formed.
Genetic transformation of the Brazilian BR 451 maize variety by the Agrobacterium tumefaciens method/Transformacao genetica da variedade brasileira de milho BR 451 pelo metodo da Agrobacterium tumefaciens
In the same way one does not need to know the precise histological process by which callus forms to remove it, one does not need to know every detail of how a pathological force came to happen to counter it.
Biomechanics for the non-specialist AKA "stop being intimidated by biomechanics using one weird tip"
After choosing, the experiment was repeated with the four best callus inductor media (CIM), which were called M1, M2, M3, and M4, and subsequently distributed between the different light qualities (white, blue, red, and dark), in the BIM medium for 40 days and 16 hours photoperiod at 25[degrees]C [+ or -] 2.
Production of pigments in Alternanthera sessilis calli mediated by plant growth regulators and light/ Producao de pigmentos em calos de Alternanthera sessilis mediados por reguladores de crescimento e luz
As a matter of fact, loss of regeneration potentiality or genetic instability is the major constrain in development stable salt-tolerant plants from salt-tolerant callus. Therefore, this present study attempts to produce and develop stable salt-tolerant MR219 plants by screening and selecting salt-tolerant callus line.
Selection, Characterizations and Somatic Embryogenesis of Malaysian Salt-tolerant Rice (Oryza sativa cv. MR219) through Callogenesis
Previous study showed that carbon nanoparticles can increase mean of regeneration zones in flax callus [24].
Case Study of Somaclonal Variation in Resistance Genes Mlo and Pme3 in Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) Induced by Nanoparticles
The fruits for preparation of fruit and callus extracts were purchased from Chiang Rai province, while the seeds for preparation of tissue-cultures plants were purchased from Pattani province, Thailand, in 2016.
Comparative Phytochemical Profiling and In Vitro Antioxidant Activity of Extracts from Raw Materials, Tissue-Cultured Plants, and Callus of Oroxylum indicum (L.) Vent
Callus culture followed by proper regeneration into plantlets is an important source of adding variation in present germplasm [5].
IN VITRO STUDIES ON ORGANOGENIC POTENTIAL OF SOME IMPORTANT COTTON VARIETIES
Callus formation secondary to sensory and motor neuropathy leads to subcutaneous bleeding, ulcer formation, and deeper infection, sometimes with life- or limb-threatening osteomyelitis.
Offloading is key to diabetic foot ulcer management
One year after the previous purchase, Rako has invested in two Callus ECS 340 presses.
Rako group invests in two Gallus ECS 340 presses
Secondary metabolite AY-phellandrene was analyze in callus cultures of two varieties of Momordica charantia L.
Appraisal of AY-Phellandrene in Callus Cultures of Momordica charantia L. Cultivars, Jaunpuri and Jhalri