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  • 1 a se umfla în pene (ca un păun)

    to give oneself airs
    to put on airs / side
    to puff oneself up
    to suffer from / to have a swelled head
    to get on one's high horse
    to give oneself a pat on the back over smth. / for having done smth.
    to cut a dash / a figure / a show / a flash
    to wag one's chin
    to set up one's comb
    to be too big for one's boots
    to be as vain as a peacock
    sl. to do the grand.

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