Idiom Usage:
This idiom can have a negative or positive aspect. Like all bragging or boasting, it depends on the situation and delivery as to the feeling of
banging one's own drum.
In Idiom Scenario 1, the feeling is positive since Johnny has done such a good job for a teenager.
In Idiom Scenario 2, Gary is a bit of a braggart and so the feeling is somewhat negative.
This idiom is often used with
not to "bang your own drum"
but ... In this form, the feeling can be more positive.
This idiom has the following variations. They all have the same meaning:
- to blow your own horn
- to toot your own horn
- to toot your own whistle
- to beat your own drum
- to blow your own trumpet