little old me
Modest self-deprecating phrase
Little old me is a self-deprecating phrase used when someone is surprised or mock-surprised to be singled out for attention, praise, or blame: You want little old me to give the speech?
The phrase affects humility, often with false modesty or coy understatement.
It can also express genuine incredulity at being chosen or noticed.
- IFirst-person subject pronoun
- oldExisting many years
- deflectionChange in trajectory
- self-effacementDownplaying one's importance
- myselfFirst-person reflexive pronoun
just me · humility · bashfulness · irony · playfulness · aw shucks · colloquialism · modesty · false modesty · humble brag · situational humor · surprise · coy · idiom · self-deprecation · informal speech · interpersonal dynamics · undeserving
little old meyours truly
Humble self-reference
numero uno · moi · the man · big shot · braggadocio
little old meVIP
Notable, for short
somebody · big deal · mover and shaker · king of the world · alpha
little, littler, littlest, older, oldest, olden, elder, eldest, elderly