"Not anything to boast about" nghĩa là gì?

"Not anything to boast about" hoặc "not much to boast about" nghĩa là không có gì đặc biệt, tẻ nhạt, tầm thường, không đáng để khoe ra. "Boast" là khoe khoang, kiêu hãnh.

Ví dụ

The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious (lừng lẫy) ancestors is like a potato — the only good belonging to him is under ground.

The drama has not anything to boast about. Its average is disgracefully (hổ thẹn) low. It has failed the public, which has turned to the motion picture.

I boast about it to everyone at school, but really it is not anything to boast about because it seems like there is just not enough Television to go round these days and Daddy is often out of a job. And this makes him cold and sad and grey.

If I'd answered, I'd have had to reveal that I didn't know why we were going to prison, who we were going to see or why I was included. Ignorance (ngu dốt) was not anything to boast about; it was much better to let Belcott think I was withholding information deliberately (thận trọng). I skipped back down the steps. “Good luck with the inquiries.”

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