to blow one's own trumpet
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7.8
- idiom
- UK
:
hablar de uno mismo
- You just have to blow your own trumpet because for sure no one else will do it for you.
Examples
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I seem to be having a week of blowing my own trumpet.
Blog text (27) -
I'm not trying to blow my own trumpet, kid, but you and I are rocket scientists compared to your normal breed of dog.
Fiction book (1999) -
Not that she was ever one to blow her own trumpet, but he could see it in her eyes.
Fiction book (1997) -
# Gather around # While I blow my own trumpet -
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Yes, I know I'm blowing my own trumpet, but there you go.
Blog text (17) -
"Well, hell, I don't like to blow my own trumpet --"
Fiction book (1996) -
I don't want to blow my own trumpet, but I was a good plotter.
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I don't want to blow my own trumpet, but they know Martin Cahill's the General because, you know, of what I write in the Sunday Independent.
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It's important to blow your own trumpet sometimes so that others can recognize your hard work.
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If you want a promotion, you need to blow your own trumpet and highlight your accomplishments.
Synonyms
191
2.7
To talk in a proud way about yourself or what you have
151
7.7
To talk proudly about achievements to make others admire you
96
3.1
To talk proudly about your achievements to impress people
65
6.1
To praise or advertise something strongly to make people want it
28
6.9
To praise yourself too much for something you did
8
7.8
To say you are more important or successful than you really are
7
7.5
To talk proudly about things you have done
6
7.9
To brag in a way that annoys other people
4
7.0
To act or speak in a proud, boastful way
1
8.9
To talk proudly about your achievements to show off
To talk proudly about your success in public
To talk too proudly about yourself or what you have done
To talk about yourself to show you are more important
To brag about what you have done
Antonyms
How Boastful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The literal senses of 'blow' (to produce sound) and 'trumpet' (an instrument used to proclaim loudly), together with 'own' marking the subject, transparently convey the idea of loudly announcing something about oneself. This compositional logic (similar to 'blow your own horn') is cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The idiom blow one's own trumpet may come from the picture of a person loudly blowing a trumpet to get everyone's attention and show off. That's why today it means 'to boast' or talk proudly about your own achievements.