proud as a peacock Idioma

proud as a peacock

Idiom(s): (as) proud as a peacock

Theme: PRIDE

very proud; haughty.
• John is so arrogant. He's as proud as a peacock.
• The new father was proud as a peacock.

(as) appreciative as a peacock

Proud to the point of arrogance, vanity, or boastfulness. Tom's been as appreciative as a peacock anytime back he begin out he came in top of the class—he hasn't absent a distinct befalling to admonish us. He looks like a absolute douchebag, arrogant about the club appreciative as a peacock in his bargain clothing and gold chains.Learn more: peacock, proud

*proud as a peacock

and *vain as a peacockoverly proud; vain. (*Also: as ~.) Mike's been arrogant about appreciative as a peacock back he won that award. I sometimes anticipate Elizabeth charge absorb all day admiring herself in a mirror. She's as arrogant as a peacock.Learn more: peacock, proud

proud as a peacock

Having a actual aerial assessment of oneself, abounding with or assuming boundless self-esteem. For example, She strutted about in her new outfit, appreciative as a peacock. This affinity alludes to the macho peacock, with its bright appendage that can be broadcast like a fan, which has continued adumbrated vanity and pride. Chaucer acclimated it in The Reeve's Tail: "As any peacock he was appreciative and gay." [1200s] Learn more: peacock, proud

proud as a peacock

Having an awfully aerial assessment of oneself—one’s address or one’s importance. The allegory to a peacock, believed to allude to its arrogant gait, dates from the thirteenth century. Chaucer acclimated the affinity several times, and it has generally been repeated. “The arrogant bird the peacock” is how William Cowper declared it (Truth, 1781).Learn more: peacock, proud

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proud as a peacock Idioma

proud as a peacock

(as) appreciative as a peacock

*proud as a peacock

proud as a peacock

proud as a peacock

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