fish for a compliment

Fig. to try to get someone to pay oneself a compliment. When she showed me her new dress, I could tell that she was fishing for a compliment. Tom was certainly fishing for a compliment when he modeled his fancy haircut for his friends.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rolland	[rɔ:'læŋ]
Askins	['æskinz]
Philippine	fee-lee-PEEN	French
Tiernan	-	Irish
Sandro	SAHN-dro (Italian)	Italian, Georgian
Abia	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek