He doesn't have a grandmother = He toots his own horn (Spanish idiom)
This short post is about the common Spanish idiom "no tiene abuela" or "parece que no tiene abuela" which is a humorously critical expression used when someone sings his or her own praises too much. The logic of the expressions is easy to follow: your grandmother is usually the one who talks on and on about what a nice, good-looking, extremely intelligent boy or girl that you are and, if you don't have a grandmother, then you have to do it yourself. That's why the English equivalent is "to blow one's own horn" or "to be full of oneself".
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