Last Updated
：2025/11/24
legend in one's own lunchtime
Noun
idiomatic
ironic
often
Japanese Meaning
自分では伝説的存在と思っているが、実際は名声が取るに足らない、または一時的・想像上の人物であることを皮肉を込めて表現したイディオムです。 / 自己評価が高く、自身を英雄視しているが、実際の評価や認知度は非常に乏しい人物を指します。
Sense（1）
Quizzes for review
(idiomatic, often ironic) One whose fame is insignificant, fleeting or imaginary.
音声機能が動作しない場合はこちらをご確認ください
See correct answer
legend in one's own lunchtime
To everyone at the reunion, he was a legend in one's own lunchtime, boasting about his brief college glory as if it mattered.
See correct answer
To everyone at the reunion, he was a legend in one's own lunchtime, boasting about his brief college glory as if it mattered.
音声機能が動作しない場合はこちらをご確認ください
English - English
Word Edit Setting
- Users who have edit permission for words - All Users
- Screen new word creation
- Screen word edits
- Screen word deletion
- Screen the creation of new headword that may be duplicates
- Screen changing entry name
- Users authorized to vote on judging - Editor
- Number of votes required for decision - 1
Sentence Edit Setting
- Users who have edit permission for sentences - All Users
- Screen sentence deletion
- Users authorized to vote on judging - Editor
- Number of votes required for decision - 1
Quiz Edit Setting
- Users who have edit permission for quizzes - All Users
- Users authorized to vote on judging - Editor
- Number of votes required for decision - 1
