high and mighty

趾高气扬,趾高气扬的,趾高气扬地,趾高气昂

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Usually the high and mighty .
- : persons who are members of or identify with the higher social strata of society, especially those who are powerful or arrogant.

adv.副词 adverb

1
- : in a self-important, grandiose, or arrogant manner: They talk high and mighty, but they owe everyone in town.Now don't go getting all high and mighty on me.

adj.haughty, overbearing

Synonyms

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
Nor does the jet have the ability to capture high-definition video, utilize an infra-red pointer.
Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.
Honour the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High hath created him.
The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
The Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.
In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.