{"id":22443,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/common-expression-study-blow-ones-own-trumpet\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:36","slug":"common-expression-study-blow-ones-own-trumpet","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/common-expression-study-blow-ones-own-trumpet\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Expression Study: \u201cBlow one&#8217;s own trumpet\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the figurative meaning of <strong>Blow one&#x27;s own trumpet<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to boast about one&#8217;s own achievements<\/li>\n<li>to fail or produce no result<\/li>\n<li>a welcome and refreshing change<\/li>\n<li>as something appears, without deeper questioning<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22443","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Blow one&#x27;s own trumpet<\/strong> means <strong>to boast about one&#x27;s own achievements<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe praising oneself too much.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>He likes to <strong>blow his own trumpet<\/strong> after every win.<\/li><li>Let others praise you; do not <strong>blow your own trumpet<\/strong>.<\/li><li>She mentioned her marks without trying to <strong>blow her own trumpet<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"to boast about one's own achievements"},{"right":"no","answer":"to fail or produce no result"},{"right":"no","answer":"a welcome and refreshing change"},{"right":"no","answer":"as something appears, without deeper questioning"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22443"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22443"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}