Blow your own trumpet
Directions: In the following items an idiom or a proverb is given. Select the response that most appropriately describes the meaning of the idiom or proverb and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
- A. Be very loud in company
- B. All sound and fury, signifying nothing
- C. Excessively boastful of one's achievements ✓
- D. Be scathing in one's criticism of others
Correct Answer: C. Excessively boastful of one's achievements
Explanation
To blow one's own trumpet means to boast or talk proudly about one's own achievements.