The tourist acted like an ugly American at the local market.
ugly American
idiomAn American government representative, tourist, or businessperson who, in dealing with people of other nations, is haughty, rude, meddlesome, chauvinistic, or jingoistic.
Origin
first recorded 20th c.From the novel The Ugly American (1958) by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick (though the character in the novel is only physically ugly and otherwise morally upright).
His loud complaints about the local food made him look like a classic ugly American to the other travelers.
By demanding that the local staff speak only English, the businessman embodied the worst traits of the ugly American during his overseas assignment.
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