/ˈbləʊ jɔːɹ ˈəʊn ˈtɹʌmpɪt/
English idiom, informal. To brag about yourself.
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How do people use Blow your own trumpet
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British and Commonwealth English; Americans usually say “blow” or “toot your own horn”. People often use it to apologize before a bit of self-praise: “I don’t want to blow my own trumpet, but...” The pronoun changes with the person (my, his, her, their).
Also said blow your own horn, toot your own horn
Blow your own trumpet
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Don’t blow your own trumpet.
Tatoeba, sentence by monahxo, CC BY 2.0 FR
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I don’t like blowing my own trumpet.
Tatoeba, sentence by CK, CC BY 2.0 FR
Where does Blow your own trumpet
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English Wiktionary gives no date or etymology. The usual explanation is that heralds blew trumpets to announce someone important, so blowing your own means announcing yourself, but that’s a reading of the picture rather than a documented origin.
Mistakes learners make with Blow your own trumpet
Learners keep “your” when talking about someone else (“he blows your own trumpet”). The pronoun has to match: “he blows his own trumpet”.
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