too big for one's breeches

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Adjective too big for one's breeches has 1 sense

bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish - used colloquially of one who is overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"
Antonym: humble (indirect, via proud)

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Term: Too big for one's breeches

Definition: To have an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities; to act superior or overconfident.

Usage:

He thinks he's too big for his breeches ever since he got promoted.
She's been acting too big for her breeches ever since she won that award.

Synonyms: Arrogant, conceited, egotistical, haughty, pompous.

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