| 单词 | blow your own trumpet |
| 释义 | blow your own trumpetblow your own trumpet especially British EnglishBrE, blow your own horn American EnglishAmE informalBOAST to talk a lot about your own achievements – used to show disapproval 自吹自擂〔含贬义〕 Dave spent the whole evening blowing his own trumpet. 戴夫一整个晚上都在自吹自擂。 Examples from the Corpus blow your own trumpet• Despite a unique record of achievement is recent years, he can never be accused of blowing his own trumpet.• For too long we Christians have heard the modern world blowing its own trumpet.• Most were reluctant, defensive, or simply hesitant to blow their own trumpet.• I don't want to blow my own trumpet, but it was me who came up with the idea for the project in the first place.• I don't like to blow my own trumpet but My Better Half could eat it to a band playing.• But he could also blow his own trumpet like Satchmo on pay per note. → blow your own trumpet at blow1(8) |
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