too big for one's britches 的定义
- Also, too big for one's boots. Conceited, self-important, as in Ever since he won that tournament he's gotten too big for his britches, or There's no talking to Jill anymore—she's just too big for her boots. This metaphoric idiom alludes to becoming so “swollen” with conceit that one's pants or boots no longer fit. [Late 1800s]
too big for one's britches 近义词
等同于 stuck-up
等同于 boastful
too big for one's britches 的近义词 31 个
- arrogant
- bombastic
- cocky
- exultant
- pompous
- pretentious
- big
- big-headed
- conceited
- crowing
- egotistic
- egotistical
- full of hot air
- hifalutin
- hot stuff
- know-it-all
- loudmouth
- on ego trip
- puffed-up
- self-aggrandizing
- self-applauding
- smart-alecky
- snooty
- strutting
- stuck-up
- swaggering
- swanky
- swollen-headed
- vainglorious
- vaunting
- windbag
too big for one's britches 的反义词 3 个
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