if I say so myself
Humble-brag transition phrase
A phrase that acknowledges you're praising yourself or your own work, signaling awareness that such self-congratulation might seem immodest: This lasagna is pretty good, if I say so myself.
The expression softens boasting by admitting it openly, often with a hint of false modesty.
- personallyAs an individual matter
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- idiomaticCharacteristic of natural speech
- complimentWords expressing approval
- honestlyIn a truthful manner
expression · pride · colloquialism · humility · satisfaction · informal language · false modesty · false humility · fishing for compliments · proudly · understatement · genuinely · confidence · rhetorical · boasting · figure of speech · ego · bragging
if I say so myselfit was nothing
Humble deflection of thanks
in all honesty · self-deprecatingly · aw shucks · don't mention it · modestly
myself, self, selves, selfhood, selfish, selfishly, selfishness, unselfish, selfless