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1 High Horse Power
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2 важничать
1) General subject: act the lord, assume airs, be puffed up, be too big for boots, blow up, bridle, bridle up, chuck weight about, cock, cock one's nose, condescend, flaunt, get too big for shoes, give oneself airs, go about with head in the air, god it, grow too big for ( one's) shoes, lord, lord it, peacock, play the peacock, prance, puff, put on airs, put on airs and graces, put on frills, put on side, put oneself forward, set oneself forward, set up one's comb, swagger, swash, swell, talk big, talk large, talk tall, to be on (one's) high horse, to be on the high horse, to be puffed up, to be too big for (one's) boots, assert oneself, assume air, cut a dash, get the high-hat, get the highhat, hold head high, mount the high horse, ride the high horse, walk heavy2) Colloquial: do the grand, put on dog, ritz, swell with importance3) American: mount the high horse, ride one's high horse, showboat4) Australian slang: swank6) Makarov: acquire airs, get a swelled head, go about with ( one's) head in the air, hold (one's) head high, lugs, put on lugs, chuck weight about, cock nose, cut a gash, cut a swath, feel oats7) Phraseological unit: throw (one's) weight around -
3 вести себя высокомерно
Русско-английский синонимический словарь > вести себя высокомерно
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4 важничать
swagger словосочетание:put on dog (важничать, держать себя высокомерно)mount the high horse (важничать, вести себя высокомерно)ride the high horse (важничать, вести себя высокомерно)put on airs and graces (важничать, манерничать)cock one's nose (важничать, задирать нос)ride one's high horse (важничать, вести себя высокомерно)be on one's high horse (важничать, вести себя высокомерно)set up one's comb (важничать, хорохориться)глагол:assume airs (важничать, напускать на себя важный вид) -
5 задирать нос
задирать (драть, поднимать) носпрост., неодобр.turn up (cock) one's nose; stick one's nose up; poke one's nose up in the air; go about with one's nose in the air; cf. put on airs; be on the high horse; get on (get up on, mount, ride) the high horse; be on the high ropes; play the peacock; put on dog (frills, style); be highbrow; set up one's comb; thrust the chin into the neck; walk on stilts; do the grand; pile (put) on lugs; put on side; get too big for one's bootsСтаруха вдруг с небывалой горячностью вмешалась в наш разговор: - Чего ты фордыбачишься, дурочка! Тебе дело говорят, а ты нос дерёшь. Точно умнее тебя и на свете-то нет никого. (А. Куприн, Олеся) — The old woman suddenly burst into our conversation with unusual heat. 'Stop being a fool, will you? You should listen when he speaks sense to you instead of sticking up your nose. Think there is nobody on earth cleverer than you?'
- Вы совершенно правы, Владимир Николаевич. Давно надо моряков к рукам прибрать, а то слишком уж задирать стали носы, - с жаром проговорила Вера Алексеевна. (А. Степанов, Порт-Артур) — 'You are quite right, Vladimir Nikolayevich!' Vera Alexeyevna agreed with some warmth. 'It's high time those naval men were taken in hand. They're getting too big for their boots.'
- А она задрала нос, упрямится, срывает теперь всю тренировку. (Л. Кассиль, Ход белой королевы) — 'As to Natasha, she's turned up her nose at everything, and she's smashing all my training plans.'
Сыграли спектакль. Успех был феерическим, нас приглашали в другие школы, и я ходил задравши нос. (Б. Васильев, Летят мои кони...) — We produced it. Its success was phenomenal, we were invited to act it in other schools and I went about with my nose in the air.
- А ты, Любочка, ты-то! На порог меня не пустила. Ладно... И чего это ты передо мной-то нос задрала? (В. Белов, Всё впереди) — 'And what about you, Liuba darling? You won't even let me in. That's all right, but why should you be so snooty, poking your nose up in the air like that?'
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6 вести высокомерно
American: mount the high horse, ride one's high horse -
7 петушиться (II) (нсв)
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8 петушиться
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9 держаться высокомерно
1) General subject: give oneself airs, put on airs, put on lugs, to be high and mighty, be high and mighty, get the high-hat, get the highhat, lump large, put on frills2) American: ride the high horse3) Makarov: acquire airs, assume airs, put on dogУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > держаться высокомерно
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10 заноситься
1) General subject: be above oneself, get above oneself, get superior, to be above oneself, to be on( one's) high horse, to be set up, fly at higher game, hold head high, ride a cockhorse2) Colloquial: go to your head3) American: showboat -
11 задирать хвост
груб.-прост.cf. be on the high ropes; put on airs; get on the high horse -
12 брось задаваться!
General subject: come off the grass!, come off your high horse! -
13 быть на высоте
1) General subject: act (up to; чего-л.), be at one's best, stand up to, to be at (one's) best, give a good account of oneself, keep one's end up, be on the high horse2) Colloquial: be on the ball3) American: keep eyes on the ball ("на уровне")4) Mathematics: (перен.) rise to the occasion5) Australian slang: curl the mo6) Jargon: on top of -
14 держать себя высокомерно
2) Colloquial: put on dogУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > держать себя высокомерно
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15 иметь успех
1) General subject: answer, (большой) be a hit, be successful, click, get over the footlights (о пьесе, спектакле), get the breaks, (большой) make a hit, make mark, ring the bell with (у кого-л.), score, take, take on, (большой) to be (make) a (big) hit, to be a success, carry the world before one, come home, get across the footlights, get away with, get over the footlights, strike home, succeed, touch home, meet with success, prove a success, be on the high horse2) Colloquial: ring the bell3) American: go big4) Military: make gains5) Mathematics: have a success6) Australian slang: be on a roll7) Jargon: go places, make a hit, make headway, swim, make out8) Business: be prosperous9) Makarov: be a success, get home, make( one's) mark, come off, curl the mo, enjoy success -
16 нагло
1) General subject: boldly, brassily, brazenly, imposingly, impudently, rudely, cheekily2) Rare: petulantly3) Jargon: on one's high horse4) Makarov: bareknuckle -
17 нахально
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18 не задирайте нос!
General subject: come off your perch, off your perch ( high horse)! -
19 не зазнавайтесь!
General subject: off your perch (high horse)! -
20 неразумно стоять на своём
Idiomatic expression: on high horseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > неразумно стоять на своём
См. также в других словарях:
high horse — originally (late 14c.) fine, tall horse; war horse, charger (high steed is from c.1300), also, like high hall, status symbol; figurative sense of airs, easily wounded dignity in mount (one s) high horse affect airs of superiority is from 1782… … Etymology dictionary
high horse — high′ horse′ n. a haughty attitude • Etymology: 1375–1425 … From formal English to slang
high horse — noun an attitude of arrogant superiority get off your high horse and admit you are wrong • Hypernyms: ↑attitude, ↑mental attitude * * * noun 1. : an unyielding, pretentious, or arrogant mood : a high and mighty air or attitude … Useful english dictionary
high horse — /ˈhaɪ hɔs/ (say huy haws) noun 1. a warhorse; charger. –phrase 2. get off one s high horse, to cease to adopt a superior or indignant tone. 3. get on one s high horse, Colloquial to adopt a superior tone or attitude that gives offence to others.… …
high horse — n. (colloq.) arrogance to get on one s high horse * * * (colloq.) [ arrogance ] to get on one s high horse … Combinatory dictionary
To be on a high horse — High High, a. [Compar. {Higher}; superl. {Highest}.] [OE. high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. he[ a]h, h?h; akin to OS. h?h, OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h?h, G. hoch, Icel. h?r, Sw. h[ o]g, Dan. h[ o]i, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound, G. h[… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
on one's high horse — {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Acting as if you are better than others; being very proud and scornful. * /Martha was chairman of the picnic committee, and at the picnic she was on her high horse, telling everyone what to do./ * /Mrs. Jones asked to… … Dictionary of American idioms
on one's high horse — {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Acting as if you are better than others; being very proud and scornful. * /Martha was chairman of the picnic committee, and at the picnic she was on her high horse, telling everyone what to do./ * /Mrs. Jones asked to… … Dictionary of American idioms
on\ one's\ high\ horse — adj. phr. informal 1. Acting as if you are better than others; being very proud and scornful. Martha was chairman of the picnic committee, and at the picnic she was on her high horse, telling everyone what to do. Mrs. Jones asked to see a less… … Словарь американских идиом
get off your high horse — get off (your) high horse to stop acting as if you are better or more intelligent than other people. He never got off his high horse long enough to consider how insulting his words were to many immigrants. Usage notes: also used in the forms… … New idioms dictionary
get off high horse — get off (your) high horse to stop acting as if you are better or more intelligent than other people. He never got off his high horse long enough to consider how insulting his words were to many immigrants. Usage notes: also used in the forms… … New idioms dictionary
