cover oneself in glory
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To make a good impression.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The debate moderator, Chris Wallace of Fox News, did not cover himself in glory either."