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
Minoo	-	Persian
Venyamin	vye-nee-ah-MEEN, vee-nee-ah-MEEN	Russian
Bilal	-	Arabic, Urdu
Saul	SAWL (English)	Biblical, Jewish, Biblical Latin
Eben	-	English
Amnon	-	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew