claim credit and brag about sth. one has done; be puffed up with pride because of one's services to the country; claim credit for oneself and become arrogant; make a merit of (sth.); pride oneself on one's merits; presume upon [take credit for] one's services and be haughty and imperious; style oneself a hero
Related Translations:
自矜其能: brag of one's attainments; boast of oneself; boast oneself of one's abilities
