"toot your own horn" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 自我吹噓
• 自誇

Definition

自豪地談論自己的成就或能力，通常顯得自誇或自負。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

主要是非正式且帶有輕微貶義，用來提醒某人不要自吹自擂。英式常用 "blow your own trumpet"。多用於否定句 'don't'（如 "Don't toot your own horn"）。

Examples

It's not good to toot your own horn all the time.

一直**自我吹噓**不是好事。

She doesn't like to toot her own horn, but she works very hard.

她不喜歡**自我吹噓**，但她很努力。

Try not to toot your own horn during the meeting.

開會時盡量不要**自誇**。

I don’t want to toot my own horn, but that project was a big success because of me.

我不想**自我吹噓**，但那個項目的成功離不開我。

You don’t have to toot your own horn—everyone already knows you’re great at this.

你不用**自誇**—大家都知道你很擅長這個。

Not to toot my own horn, but I did finish the report two days early.

不是要**自誇**，但我提前兩天完成了報告。