cover oneself in glory

• cover oneself with glory

cover oneself in glory (third-person singular simple present covers oneself in glory, present participle covering oneself in glory, simple past and past participle covered oneself in glory)

1. (chiefly in the negative) To make a good impression.
   • 2009 April 2, John Crace, “The question that flummoxed the great orator”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →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.

   • 2020 September 30, David Smith, “Donald Trump ensures first presidential debate is national humiliation”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     The debate moderator, Chris Wallace of Fox News, did not cover himself in glory either.

• “cover oneself in glory”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “cover oneself in glory”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.