- too big for your boots
- If someone is too big for their boots, they are conceited and have an exaggerated sense of their own importance.(Dorking School Dictionary)
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
too big for your boots
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too big for your boots — too big for (your) boots British, American & Australian, informal, American, informal someone who is too big for their boots behaves as if they are more important or more clever than they really are. Since he was made team captain, he s been… … New idioms dictionary
too big for your boots — If someone is too big for their boots, they are conceited and have an exaggerated sense of their own importance … The small dictionary of idiomes
too big for your boots — see ↑big, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑boot … Useful english dictionary
be too big for your boots — british informal phrase to behave as if you are more important than you really are That boy’s getting too big for his boots. Thesaurus: to think you are importantsynonym Main entry: big * * * be/get too big for your ˈboots … Useful english dictionary
get too big for your boots — be/get too big for your ˈboots idiom to be/become too proud of yourself; to behave as if you are more important than you really are Main entry: ↑bigidiom … Useful english dictionary
too big for your britches — (US) (or chiefly Brit too big for your boots) informal : too confident or proud of yourself I think the boss is growing too big for his britches. • • • Main Entry: ↑big too big for your britches see ↑big, 1 • • … Useful english dictionary
be too big for your boots — British informal to behave as if you are more important than you really are That boy s getting too big for his boots … English dictionary
too big for boots — too big for (your) boots British, American & Australian, informal, American, informal someone who is too big for their boots behaves as if they are more important or more clever than they really are. Since he was made team captain, he s been… … New idioms dictionary
too\ big\ for\ one's\ boots — • too big for one s breeches • too big for one s boots adj. phr. too sure of your own importance; feeling more important than you really are. That boy had grown too big for his breeches. I ll have to put him back in his place. When the teacher… … Словарь американских идиом
too\ big\ for\ one's\ breeches — • too big for one s breeches • too big for one s boots adj. phr. too sure of your own importance; feeling more important than you really are. That boy had grown too big for his breeches. I ll have to put him back in his place. When the teacher… … Словарь американских идиом
