请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

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)
See pat

Additional synonyms

in 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 trumpet

Nearby words of
pat yourself on the back

  • pasty
  • pat
  • pat someone on the back
  • pat yourself on the back
  • patch
  • patch someone up
  • patch things up

Synonyms of 'pat yourself on the back'

pat yourself on the back

随便看

 

英语词典包含298861条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/11 10:27:11