plume oneself

Congratulate oneself, boast, as in He plumed himself on his victory. This idiom transfers the bird's habit of dressing its feathers to human self-satisfaction. [First half of 1600s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ichabod	IK-ə-bahd (English)	Biblical
Marijn	-	Dutch
RoldÁN	-	Spanish
AdİL	-	Turkish
Nicol (2)	-	Dutch, German, Czech
Amhlaidh	-	Scottish