Recently Taiwanese people say 自我感覺良好 (Zi4 Wo3 Gan3 Jue2 Liang2 Hao3) a lot. Is there some saying in English that represents the same thing?
The closest thing I can think of is Will Smith in Prince of Bel-air saying in a condescending tone “huh, you are really feeling good about yourself, aren’t you.”
I think self-delusional and self-conceited comes pretty close. But they sound a little more severe in tone. Also 自我感覺良好 has a oblivious feel to it, where as self-delusional and self-conceited might implicate purposefully doing so.
(Breathing life into an old thread) I love to come up with translations for trending slang terms. The above-listed ones are pretty good. I would personally go with “patting oneself on the back.”
i.e. 近日政府新聞稿是一面倒的「自我感覺良好」
The government’s press releases of late have been one-sided exercises in patting themselves on the back.