出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第129页（270字）
比喻自我吹嘘、夸张，例他本身是报纸编辑，因此每作新诗词必在报纸上自吹自擂，俨然以当代文豪自居。
He is a newspaper editor by profession and each time he writes a poem，it comes out in print．He unblushingly sings his own praises and thinks of himself as a literary giant．