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Idiom

God's gift

Meaning

Said of someone with an inflated sense of self-importance, or (occasionally) something that is overvalued.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He acts like he is God's gift to the world.”

“She thinks she is God's gift to the company, but she rarely finishes her work on time.”

“Despite his lack of actual experience, he carried himself with the arrogance of someone who truly believed he was God's gift to the profession.”

Examples

simple

“He acts like he is God's gift to the world.”

contextual

“She thinks she is God's gift to the company, but she rarely finishes her work on time.”

complex

“Despite his lack of actual experience, he carried himself with the arrogance of someone who truly believed he was God's gift to the profession.”

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