cover oneself in glory en · VERB
Meanings
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(in the negative) To make a good impression.
The debate moderator, Chris Wallace of Fox News, did not cover himself in glory either.
2020 September 30, David Smith, “Donald Trump ensures first presidential debate is national humiliation”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:Barack Obama, the World's Greatest Orator (™all news organisations), didn't exactly cover himself in glory when the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson asked him a question about who was to blame for the financial crisis.
2009 April 2, John Crace, “The question that flummoxed the great orator”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| covers oneself in glory | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| cover oneself with glory | alternative | lexicographic | |
| covering oneself in glory | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| covered oneself in glory | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| covered oneself in glory | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
de sich mit Ruhm bekleckern (Translations)