Idiom
cock of the walk
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 walk at the office.”
“Ever since he got that promotion, he struts around the building like the cock of the walk.”
“The young athlete, intoxicated by his recent victory, carried himself with the arrogance of the cock of the walk.”
Examples
simple
“He acts like the cock of the walk at the office.”
contextual
“Ever since he got that promotion, he struts around the building like the cock of the walk.”
complex
“The young athlete, intoxicated by his recent victory, carried himself with the arrogance of the cock of the walk.”
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