verb phrase🎓 English idiom

blow your own trumpet

to boast about yourself

What it means

To boast openly about your own talents, achievements, or successes. It's the chiefly British form of the phrase and often carries mild disapproval of showing off.

Examples

  • I don't like to blow my own trumpet, but the project was my idea.
  • He's always blowing his own trumpet about his exam results.
  • She landed the deal without once blowing her own trumpet.
  • Stop blowing your own trumpet and let your work speak for itself.

Where it comes from

From the old custom of heralds sounding a trumpet to announce the arrival of an important person; doing it yourself implies self-promotion. The American variant is 'blow your own horn'.

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