though I say so myself
Self-praise disclaimer
A phrase that acknowledges you're praising yourself while doing it anyway.
It softens boastfulness by admitting the speaker might be biased: The garden looks beautiful this year, though I say so myself.
Sometimes inverted: If I say so myself, that was my best work.
- even soConcessive conjunction phrase
- self-praiseLauding one's own merits
- pat on the backGesture showing approval
- nonethelessDespite what preceded
- idiomaticCharacteristic of natural speech
just saying · expression · confidence · candor · humility · boastfulness · humblebrag · acknowledgment · accomplishment · pride · conversational etiquette · politeness · colloquialism · self-awareness · tact · self-evaluation · fishing for compliments · achievement
humility vs. self-promotion
though I say so myselfself-deprecation
Belittling oneself deliberately
self-effacement · modesty · understatement · it was nothing · unassuming