legend in one's own lunchtime
- idiom
- Offensive
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creído
- Don't be a legend in your own lunchtime; try to stay humble about your achievements.
Examples
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She thinks she's a legend in her own lunchtime because everyone in the office knows her name.
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He walks around like a legend in his own lunchtime but barely anyone outside this village recognizes him.
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He's a legend in his own lunchtime!
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He thinks he's a legend in his own lunchtime!
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Don't be a legend in your own lunchtime; try to stay humble about your achievements.
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He walks around like a legend in his own lunchtime but barely anyone outside this village recognizes him.
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She believes she's a legend in her own lunchtime just because her friends admire her.
How Admired
480
2.3
253
1.0
- Offensive
- Offensive
18
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
legend + in + one's + own + lunchtime
The literal meanings of 'legend', 'in', 'one's', 'own' and 'lunchtime' do not combine to yield the ironic sense that someone is self-important but only locally admired; the intended meaning is sarcastic and context-dependent rather than compositional. This is a culturally specific idiom, so a B1 learner who knows the individual words but has not encountered the expression would be unlikely to derive the intended meaning.
Etymology
Legend in one's own lunchtime may come from the picture of someone who, at lunchtime, is praised so much by friends that they seem a legend for that short time. That's why the phrase describes a person who thinks they are 'important' or 'admired' but is not known outside their small circle.