Idiom
cock of the roost
Meaning
A proud or conceited person.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He acts like the cock of the roost at work.”
“Since he got his promotion, he walks around the office like he is the cock of the roost.”
“The new manager arrived with such arrogance that he immediately established himself as the cock of the roost, much to the annoyance of his experienced team.”
Examples
simple
“He acts like the cock of the roost at work.”
contextual
“Since he got his promotion, he walks around the office like he is the cock of the roost.”
complex
“The new manager arrived with such arrogance that he immediately established himself as the cock of the roost, much to the annoyance of his experienced team.”
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