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American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks: An Easy ...
... too bad that budget cuts forced the community library to be closed. too big for
one's breeches/boots — feeling more important than one really is USAGE: Since
he received the job promotion, Jack has been acting too big for his breeches. torn
...
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
1983 "But I might as well save my breath to cool my porridge," he added
sententiously. (p. 33) Grimes, Martha. The Anodyne Necklace. 1983. New York:
Dell Publishing Company, 1984. To get too big for one's breeches (APP 42; MP
72) 1939 ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Pride: A Dictionary
for the Vain
... not the woman responsiblefor the clothing's design. too big for one's boots (too
bigfawr wuhnz boots) phrase: Overly confident; having a swollen head or ego.
too big for one's breeches (too bigfawr wuhnz BRICH-iz) phrase: Overconfident.
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Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus
... impudent, inflated, stiff, overbearing, domineering, bold, rash, overconfident,
self-satisfied, stuck-up*, looking down one's nose*, snooty*, uppity*, wrapped up
in oneself*, on one's high horse*, high and mighty*, too big for one's breeches*.
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Webster's New World Thesaurus
... impudent, inflated, stiff, overbearing, domineering, bold, rash, overconfident,
self-satisfied, stuck-up*, looking down one's nose*, snooty*, uppity*, wrapped up
in oneself*, on one's high horse*, high and mighty*, too big for one's breeches*.
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Simon & Schuster Super Crossword Puzzle Dictionary And ...
... lots, wads; 5 heaps, loads, piles too: 3 and; 4 also; 6 as well too big for one's
breeches: 6 snooty, snotty, uppish tool: 6 device too large: 8 outsized, oversize
too little: 9 not enough; 10 inadequate; 12 insufficient toot: 4 beep, honk tooth: 4
tusk ...
Seth Godin, Lark Productions LLC, Seth Godin Productions, 1999
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The Meditating Cat - Bengali Proverbs and Their Echoes in ...
SD,AD A twelve cubit long squash has a thirteen cubit long seed. Something that
exceeds its own container. A son who exceeds the father in some aspect (usually
bad). E: cf. Too big for one's breeches. The peg is greater than the stake [Indo.] ...
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
... big-headed, swollen-headed, puffed up, high and mighty, la-di-da, fancy-pants,
on one's high horse, too big for one's boots; Brit. informal toffee-nosed; N.Amer.
informal chesty; informal, dated too big for one's breeches; literary vainglorious.
... not the author's purpose to offer a little homily upon the virtue of simple piety,
nor a cautionary tale against parricide and incest; nor even, as many of the
greatest commentators have suggested, against getting too big for one's
breeches.
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A Dictionary of Iraqi Arabic:
They exchanged insults and grappled with each other and then we separated
them. ncilab 1 . to become swell-headed, get too big for one's breeches, ncilab
min saarat £inda fluus. yritd yizzavxuaj bint il-malik. He got big ideas when he ...
