he was as proud as a peacock

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• proud as a peacock —    A person who is as proud as a peacock is extremely proud.     When his son won first prize, Bill was as proud as a peacock …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Proud as a Peacock — was the advertising campaign used by the NBC television and radio networks from 1979 to 1981. The campaign was used to promote NBC s programming and to introduce the Proud N , a logo that would be used until 1986.The campaignBy 1979, NBC was… …   Wikipedia

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• NBC slogans — This page provides chronology and history to the slogans used by NBC. Proud as a Peacock Proud as a Peacock was the advertising campaign used by the NBC television and radio networks from 1979 to 1981, used to help introduce the Proud N , a logo… …   Wikipedia

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• Simile — A simile is a technique that uses words such as like or as to compare two ideas. Even though similes and metaphors are both forms of comparison, similes allow the two ideas to remain distinct in spite of their similarities, whereas metaphors seek …   Wikipedia