Idiom
high and mighty
Meaning
Overbearingly arrogant; ostentatiously self-important or self-aggrandizing.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't act so high and mighty just because you won the game.”
“He acts high and mighty at work, but he is actually quite insecure about his own performance.”
“Despite his humble beginnings, he adopted a high and mighty attitude that alienated his former friends and colleagues.”
Examples
simple
“Don't act so high and mighty just because you won the game.”
contextual
“He acts high and mighty at work, but he is actually quite insecure about his own performance.”
complex
“Despite his humble beginnings, he adopted a high and mighty attitude that alienated his former friends and colleagues.”
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