pat on the back

Meaning

1. a pat on the back (for sth / for doing sth)

   praise or approval for sth that you have done well

   He deserves a pat on the back for all his hard work.

In the movies · 1

• No one pats them on the back every day, but every day they are actively fighting something.Taylor Swift: Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions2020
• I see Felix up there getting patted on the back,Wreck-It Ralph2012
• Not to pat myself on the back, but, yes, it probably will be.Despicable Me2010
• If it looks like they're going to bend, then you don't just walk away, pat yourself on the back, you double down.Brexit: The Uncivil War2019
• Stay back, Pat. Stay back.Silver Linings Playbook2012
• Go get her!Aladdin2019
• - Say it.C'mon C'mon2021
• - - I go where you go.Triple Frontier2019

Learn it in full scenes

• Wreck-It Ralph2012
  • Ralph's Opening Monologue
  • Ralph Shows Up to Bad-Anon
  • Ralph Crashes the Anniversary Party
• Silver Linings Playbook2012
  • Pat Rides Home From the Hospital
  • Pat's Silver Lining Speech
  • Pat Tells Dr. Patel the Truth
• Aladdin2019
  • The Mariner Tells Aladdin's Story
  • Aladdin's One Jump Ahead Chase
  • Aladdin Shares His Rooftop Home

From the same entry

• pat on the back
• have off pat
• stand pat

More idioms

• take into consideration
• be on a roll
• nothing of the kind
• under pressure
• close by
• out of your hands
• that's that
• every penny
• in black and white
• have to hand it to
• with your bare hands
• on the streets