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词汇 high-and-mighty
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high and mighty


idiom disapproving
behaving as if you are much more important than other people: 盛气凌人的,趾高气扬的
He was acting all high and mighty.他表现得盛气凌人。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Showing arrogance and conceit
(as) proud as Luciferidiom
airs and gracesidiom
arrogant
arrogantly
as if you owned the placeidiom
egoistic
egoistically
egomaniacal
egomaniacally
egotistic
patronizingly
pomposity
pompous
pompously
popinjay
swollen head
swollen-headed
talk down to someone
think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom
throw your weight aroundidiom
high and mighty
adjective
(alsohigh-and-mighty)uk /ˌhaɪ ən ˈmaɪ.ti/ us /ˌhaɪ ən ˈmaɪ.t̬i/
behaving as if you are more important than, or know more than, other people:
I thought she was going to be all high and mighty after her important jobs, but in fact she's quite down to earth.
He acts all high-and-mighty since he got his promotion, as though it weren't only two weeks ago that he was doing the same job we were.
He doesn't feel so high and mighty since his fancy new car got a dent in the side of it.
No one will want to be your friend if you keep being high and mighty towards everyone.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Showing arrogance and conceit
(as) proud as Luciferidiom
airs and gracesidiom
arrogant
arrogantly
as if you owned the placeidiom
egoistic
egoistically
egomaniacal
egomaniacally
egotistic
patronizingly
pomposity
pompous
pompously
popinjay
swollen head
swollen-headed
talk down to someone
think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom
throw your weight aroundidiom
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