词组 | blow own trumpet |
释义 | Idiom blow own trumpetblow (your) own trumpet British & Australian, American & Australian to tell other people how good and successful you are.Anyone will tell you she's one of the best journalists we've got, although she'd never blow her own horn. blow one's own hornand toot one's own hornFig. to brag. Gary sure likes to toot his own horn. "I hate to blow my own horn," said Bill, "but I am always right." blow one's own horn/trumpet, toTo brag about one’s own accomplishments or ability, to promote oneself. The term originated in Roman times, and was translated into English early on. “I will sound the trumpet of mine own merits,” wrote Abraham Fleming in 1576. It was a cliché by the mid-nineteenth century, according to Eric Partridge, and gave rise to one of W. S. Gilbert’s numerous puns (“The fellow is blowing his own strumpet,” he said of a manager who was bragging about his actress-mistress). |
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