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词汇 get-above-yourself
释义

get above yourself


idiommainly UKinformaldisapproving
to act as though you are more important than you really are:
My father advised me to work hard, treat others with respect and never get above myself.
Anyone suspected of getting above himself would soon be cut down to size.
Ever since being given the power of attorney she’d been getting above herself.
One of my teachers said to me, “People like you don’t go to university. You’re getting above yourself.”
His colleagues fear that he has got above himself socially.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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airs and gracesidiom
arrogant
arrogantly
as if you owned the placeidiom
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egomaniacally
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pompous
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popinjay
swollen head
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