单词 | pat yourself on the back |
释义 | (idiom) Hollywood patting itself on the back in the annual Academy Awards ceremony Synonyms boast about yourself congratulate yourself blow your own trumpet The camera crew have good reason to blow their own trumpets. talk big (informal) Politicians talk big about their plans for climate change. brag about yourself preen yourself His only negative feature is the desire to brag and preen himself over his abilities. big yourself up (slang, mainly Caribbean) Additional synonymsin the sense of blow your own trumpet Definition to boast about one's own skills or good qualities The camera crew have good reason to blow their own trumpets. Synonyms boast, crow, brag, vaunt, sing your own praises, big yourself up (slang, Caribbean) in the sense of preen yourself Definition to be self-satisfied His only negative feature is the desire to brag and preen himself over his abilities. Synonyms pride yourself, congratulate yourself, give yourself a pat on the back, pique yourself, plume yourself in the sense of talk big Politicians talk big about their plans for climate change. Synonyms boast, exaggerate, brag, crow, vaunt, bluster, blow your own trumpetNearby words of |
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