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| be too modest (WiseSnake); put on a modest air (Anglophile); belittle oneself (Andrey Truhachev); be overly modest (sever_korrespondent) | |||
| be overmodest | |||
| hide light under a basket (You've worked long and hard to get where you're going and to become the expert you are in your area of expertise. Why keep hiding your light under a basket? VLZ_58) | |||
be sandbagging (To deliberately perform at a lower level than you are capable of. • He was sandbagging at practice, but kicked ass at the track meets.  urbandictionary.com Andrey Truhachev; приведите, пожалуйста, реальный пример подобного употребления на русском SirReal); sandbag (To deliberately perform at a lower level than you are capable of. • He was sandbagging at practice, but kicked ass at the track meets. urbandictionary.com Andrey Truhachev) | |||
| humblebrag (притворно Taras) | |||
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