The phrase "toot your own horn" means to boast, to praise yourself. This is often considered to be immodest. It can mean to be cocky but when you are going to talk about yourself and you don't want to sound cocky or arrogant, you say , "I don't mean to toot my own horn but,..."
The phrase originated in The Bible in Matthew 6: 1-4 (KJV) Jesus teaches us to seek our reward/ acknowledgement of good works from God rather than mankind, including ourselves.
1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a Trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
The phrase is "blow your own horn." It is typically used to mean that a person is rather prideful, or is boasting about an accomplishment.
It means to brag or to act in a self-promoting or boastful manner.
someone who boasts about themselves
The phrase "Blowing (or touting) your own horn (or trumpet)" means giving praise to yourself.
It refers to bragging about oneself.
Don't blow your own horn, it means not to brag about yourself.
"Soloist"
A trumpest.
Clarinet is easier because you have to blow very hard on the trumpet. If you blow too much on trumpet your lips hurt. Also trumpet has only 3 buttons so it will be very harder to do notes. Actually, that's simply one person's view. The trumpet is not hard to play, nor do you have to "blow very hard" to play it. All instruments are different and each has it's own advantages and disavantages.
Tamborine. sitar. her own trumpet....
It's BLOW YOUR OWN HORN. It means to brag about yourself.
Don't blow your own horn, it means not to brag about yourself.
It means to act is a boastful manner, to tell everyone loudly about your own achievments
Abstract nouns that may represent the term 'blowing one's own horn' are promoting, boasting, or bragging. These are words for a concept.
It simply means that a person is speaking their thoughts and ideas out loud in an attempt to make themselves look impressive usually a show off or know it all type personIt is more often seen as blow your own horn, and is used to mean someone that is bragging.It means that you are praising yourself or bragging about yourself.
"Tooting" your Own Horn meaning For many generations, here in the US the term, to "Toot [or blow] your own horn," means to brag, or do or say something to draw attention to ones self; "show off, act out, etc."
Trumpeter. =)
The act of killing ones' own sister
to watch over ones self
There really is no technique for playing the trumpet because everyone has there own way of playing it.
To control, some ones own advantage of mind.
"Soloist"