a man who had traveled in foreign lands boasted very much, on returning to his own country, of the many wonderful and heroic feats he had performed in the different places he had visited. among other things, he said that when he was at rhodes he had leaped to such a distance that no man of his day could leap anywhere near him as to that, there were in rhodes many persons who saw him do it and whom he could call as witnesses. one of the bystanders interrupted him, saying: "now, my good man, if this be all true there is no need of witnesses. suppose this to be rhodes, and leap for us."

一个人回到了家乡，就向周围的人吹嘘自己在外地所经历的各种精彩的、英勇的事迹。【【ABO】总裁的哑巴小奶包】他吹嘘自己在爱琴海东南部的罗得岛创下了世界跳高的纪录，所有的人都甘拜下风，而且当时在场的人都可以为他做证。这时，一位旁观者打断他的话，说道:“如果你说的是真的，那么，我的朋友，现在就把这里当作罗得岛向我们展示一下你的实力吧！”

取得了成绩是不需要自吹自擂的。