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  • 1 too big for one’s boots

    too big for one’s boots
    orgulhoso, persunçoso.

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  • 2 outgrow

    past tense - outgrew; verb
    (to grow too big or too old for: My son has outgrown all his clothes.) tornar-se muito grande para
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    out.grow
    [autgr'ou] vt ( imp outgrew, pp outgrown) 1 superar em crescimento. 2 crescer a ponto de as roupas ficarem pequenas demais. 3 tornar-se grande demais (para folguedos). 4 passar da idade infantil ou escolar, amadurecer.

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  • 3 secondly

    adverb (in the second place: I have two reasons for not buying the house - firstly, it's too big, and secondly it's too far from town.) em segundo lugar
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    sec.on.dly
    [s'ekəndli] adv em segundo lugar.

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  • 4 outgrow

    past tense - outgrew; verb
    (to grow too big or too old for: My son has outgrown all his clothes.) crescer demais para

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  • 5 secondly

    adverb (in the second place: I have two reasons for not buying the house - firstly, it's too big, and secondly it's too far from town.) em segundo lugar

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  • 6 pad

    I 1. [pæd] noun
    1) (a soft, cushion-like object made of or filled with a soft material, used to prevent damage by knocking, rubbing etc: She knelt on a pad to clean the floor.) almofada
    2) (sheets of paper fixed together: a writing-pad.) bloco
    3) (a platform from which rockets are sent off: a launching-pad.) plataforma
    2. verb
    (to put a pad in or on (for protection, to make big enough etc): The shoes were too big so she padded them with cottonwool.) almofadar
    - pad out II [pæd] past tense, past participle - padded; verb
    (to walk softly: The dog padded along the road.) caminhar
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    pad1
    [pæd] n 1 estrada, caminho. 2 cavalo estradeiro. 3 bandoleirismo. 4 ruído surdo de passos. • vi 1 percorrer a pé. 2 andar ou correr com passos surdos. to pad it ou to pad the hoof sl andar a pé.
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    pad2
    [pæd] n 1 almofada, coxim. 2 enchimento, chumaço. 3 almofada de carimbo. 4 protetor de mata-borrão para escrivaninhas. 5 bloco para apontamentos. 6 selim, selote. 7 Med pelota: almofada de funda herniária. 8 hipotênar: parte polpuda e mole do lado de baixo das patas de alguns animais, como lebre, raposa, lobo, lontra. 9 joelheira. 10 Sports caneleira: proteção para as pernas. 11 folha flutuante de planta aquática. 12 sl apartamento, moradia. • vt 1 almofadar, acolchoar, rechear, colocar enchimento. 2 encher com palavras ocas (discurso). a pad of fat camada adiposa sob a pele. heating pad almofada elétrica para aquecimento. ink pad almofada de carimbo. launching pad plataforma de lançamento (foguetes). memo pad bloco de notas. to pad out escrever ou falar mais do que o necessário, Brit encher lingüiça. warming pad almofada elétrica.

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  • 7 pad

    I 1. [pæd] noun
    1) (a soft, cushion-like object made of or filled with a soft material, used to prevent damage by knocking, rubbing etc: She knelt on a pad to clean the floor.) almofada
    2) (sheets of paper fixed together: a writing-pad.) bloco
    3) (a platform from which rockets are sent off: a launching-pad.) plataforma
    2. verb
    (to put a pad in or on (for protection, to make big enough etc): The shoes were too big so she padded them with cottonwool.) rechear, forrar
    - pad out II [pæd] past tense, past participle - padded; verb
    (to walk softly: The dog padded along the road.)

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  • 8 boot

    [bu:t] 1. noun
    1) (a covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, usually made of leather etc: a pair of suede boots.) bota
    2) ((American trunk) a place for luggage in a motor-car etc.) porta-bagagem
    2. verb
    (to kick: He booted the ball out of the goal.) chutar
    - get the boot
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    boot1
    [bu:t] n 1 bota (de couro ou de borracha). 2 botina. 3 avental de boléia. 4 pontapé, chute. 5 sl despedida, demissão. 6 porta-malas (de automóvel). 7 Amer recruta da marinha. • vt 1 calçar botas ou botinas. 2 chutar, dar pontapé. 3 demitir. booted and spurred fig pronto para sair. half boots botinas baixas. he died in his boots (or with his boots on) ele morreu em atividade. he has his heart in his boots ele está morrendo de medo. the boot is on the other foot a situação se inverteu. to bet one’s boots apostar com segurança. to boot out pôr para fora, demitir. to get the boot sl ser demitido. to lick someone’s boots bajular, puxar o saco. to make one boot serve for either leg falar de modo dúbio. too big for one’s boots orgulhoso, persunçoso. top boots botas de cano alto. to sound boot and saddle soar o toque de montar (cavalaria).
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    boot2
    [bu:t] n vantagem, proveito. • vt 1 beneficiar, ser útil. 2 chutar forte.
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    boot3
    [bu:t] n Comp inicialização: operação que carrega parte do sistema operacional do disco para a memória, quando o computador é ligado ou reinicializado.

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  • 9 put

    [put]
    present participle - putting; verb
    1) (to place in a certain position or situation: He put the plate in the cupboard; Did you put any sugar in my coffee?; He put his arm round her; I'm putting a new lock on the door; You're putting too much strain on that rope; When did the Russians first put a man into space?; You've put me in a bad temper; Can you put (=translate) this sentence into French?) pôr
    2) (to submit or present (a proposal, question etc): I put several questions to him; She put her ideas before the committee.) apresentar
    3) (to express in words: He put his refusal very politely; Children sometimes have such a funny way of putting things!) exprimir
    4) (to write down: I'm trying to write a letter to her, but I don't know what to put.) pôr
    5) (to sail in a particular direction: We put out to sea; The ship put into harbour for repairs.) navegar
    - a put-up job
    - put about
    - put across/over
    - put aside
    - put away
    - put back
    - put by
    - put down
    - put down for
    - put one's feet up
    - put forth
    - put in
    - put in for
    - put off
    - put on
    - put out
    - put through
    - put together
    - put up
    - put up to
    - put up with
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    [put] n 1 arremesso, lançamento. 2 Sports arremesso de peso. 3 (bolsa) operação a prazo. • vt+vi ps, pp put 1 pôr: a) colocar. b) reduzir a um estado ou condição. c) fixar, determinar. d) guardar. e) depositar. f) atribuir, imputar. g) adicionar, deitar. h) assinar, apor. i) expressar, afirmar. j) dedicar-se a. k) aplicar. l) impor ônus a. m) firmar, assentar. 2 formular, propor. 3 seguir, rumar. 4 avaliar, orçar. 5 incitar. 6 lançar à água (navio). 7 forçar, obrigar. 8 arremessar, lançar. 9 apostar. 10 investir. 11 adaptar. 12 traduzir. • adj no lugar, fixado, fixo, parado. he puts the distance at eight miles ele avalia a distância em oito milhas. how shall I put it? como direi? if I may put my two cents in se eu posso dar um conselho, um palpite. if one puts it upon that ground considerando-o deste ponto de vista. I put him on guard eu o preveni. I put it to you deixo-o a seu critério. she put him down to it ela lhe confiou (segredo, novidade). she put him down to it ela lhe confiou (segredo, novidade). she put him on his oath ela o fez jurar. stay put! não se mova! they put their heads together eles confabularam. to put about 1 publicar ou circular. 2 mudar o curso, o rumo. 3 espalhar (boato). to put a bug in one’s ear deixar alguém com a pulga atrás da orelha. to put across 1 conseguir explicar algo. 2 levar a cabo. I just can’t put it across / não consigo mesmo levá-lo a cabo. to put a flea in one’s ear deixar alguém com a pulga atrás da orelha. to put ahead avançar, adiantar. to put an end to pôr fim em, acabar, encerrar. he put an end to his life / ele deu cabo da vida. he put an end to the matter / ele encerrou o assunto. to put a question levantar uma questão. to put aside 1 pôr de lado (para fazer uma outra coisa). 2 não dar importância. to put away 1 pôr de lado. 2 descartar, dispor de. 3 guardar, economizar. 4 guardar, colocar no devido lugar. 5 divorciar. 6 matar um animal velho ou doente. 7 confinar, prender. 8 comer. to put back 1 adiar. 2 atrasar. 3 repelir. 4 recusar, negar. 5 repor, recolocar. 6 Naut voltar, regressar. 7 atrasar o relógio. to put by 1 guardar, economizar. 2 pôr de lado. 3 armazenar. 4 rejeitar, recusar. 5 livrar-se de. 6 desviar, esquivar. to put down 1 criticar alguém na frente de outras pessoas, humilhar. 2 dar uma quantia de dinheiro como entrada. 3 anotar, inscrever, registrar (no papel). 4 matar um animal velho ou doente. 5 parar o veículo para alguém descer. 6 Aeron aterrissar. 7 pôr a criança para dormir. 8 derrubar. 9 suprimir, eliminar. 10 rebaixar, degradar. 11 depor. 12 cortar, renunciar a. 13 atribuir. 14 estimar, considerar. 15 beber continuadamente. to put down for relacionar, pedir por escrito. to put for fazer uma tentativa para ganhar. to put forth 1 estender. 2 tornar manifesto. 3 desenvolver, tornar. 4 empregar, aplicar (força). 5 elevar, erguer (voz). 6 propor. 7 publicar, editar. 8 emprestar com juros. to put forward 1 promover, pôr em evidência. 2 fazer progredir, avançar. 3 propor, formular, apresentar. she put forward an argument / ela apresentou um argumento. to put in 1 consertar um equipamento doméstico. 2 gastar tempo e energia fazendo uma atividade. 3 interromper alguém. 4 introduzir, apresentar. 5 intercalar, encaixar. 6 interferir, intervir. 7 aportar. the ship put into the port / o navio entrou no porto. 8 eleger um político ou um partido político. to put in brackets/ parentheses colocar entre parênteses. to put in for 1 requerer algo formalmente. 2 oferecer-se, candidatar-se. to put in mind lembrar. to put in possession 1 empossar, dar posse a. 2 informar, pôr a par de. to put in practice 1 pôr em ação. 2 praticar, fazer. to put into gear embrear. to put it on 1 fingir. 2 sobrecarregar. 3 exagerar. to put off 1 despir, tirar, descalçar. 2 adiar, protelar, transferir, postergar. 3 dissuadir. 4 usar de evasivas. 5 coll desconcertar, confundir. 6 desembarcar, pôr em terra (passageiros). 7 partir. 8 desencorajar, desanimar. 9 atrapalhar (o trabalho, a concentração de alguém). to put on 1 vestir, calçar. 2 assumir. 3 imputar, atribuir a. 4 impor, infligir. 5 incitar, instigar. 6 empregar, aplicar. 7 carregar no preço. 8 ganhar pressão. 9 fingir, simular. he puts on a big act / ele está fazendo fita. 10 apostar em. 11 adiantar (relógios). 12 antecipar. 13 coll representar, levar. to put on the ritz dar-se ares de riqueza, mostrar-se, exibir-se. to put on to 1 estar consciente de. 2 conectar-se com/ao telefone. to put one’s ass on the line vulg colocar-se em perigo, assumir a responsabilidade. to put one’s back into dedicar-se de corpo e alma a. to put one’s cards on the table colocar as cartas na mesa, fazer jogo franco. to put oneself in somebody’s place imaginar-se em lugar de alguém. to put one’s foot in one’s mouth meter os pés pelas mãos. to put one’s hands to the plow meter mãos à obra. to put one through the mill 1 sujeitar a disciplina rigorosa. 2 punir, castigar. to put on trial levar à barra do tribunal. to put out 1 expelir, lançar fora. 2 extinguir, aparar. 3 emprestar. 4 desconcertar, confundir. he was put by this news / esta notícia o desconcertou. 5 estender a mão. 6 exibir, mostrar. 7 publicar, editar. 8 gastar, despender. 9 dar para criar (criança). 10 pôr para fora. 11 dar para fora (roupa suja, etc.). 12 ir embora, partir, sair. 13 Med deslocar, distender. 14 Naut fazer-se ao mar. the ship put out to sea / o navio fez-se ao mar. 15 Sports pôr fora de jogo. 16 desfraldar (bandeira). to put out of action pôr fora de função ou ação. to put out of gear desengrenar. to put out of one’s head fazer esquecer. to put out of order pôr em desordem. to put out of the way 1 matar, eliminar. 2 destruir. to put over 1 colocar acima de. 2 conduzir através de, fazer transpor. 3 levar a cabo. 4 sl prevalecer, impor-se. he put himself over / ele conseguiu prevalecer. 5 comunicar. 6 iludir, tapear. to put somebody in a hole coll pôr alguém em dificuldades. to put somebody on the floor arrasar, fazer com que todos o apreciem, desbundar alguém. to put somebody through college/ school financiar os estudos de alguém. she put him through college / ela lhe financiou os estudos. to put something into one’s head colocar, meter algo na cabeça. to put something over on someone fazer alguém crer. one can’t put anything over on him / ele não se deixa ludibriar. to put the bite on sl dar uma mordidinha, pedir dinheiro emprestado. to put the cart before the horse pôr a carroça diante dos bois. to put the pen to paper começar a escrever. she put the pen to the paper / ela começou a escrever. to put the screw to sl apertar, pressionar, agir coercivamente. to put the wind up 1 alarmar, alvoroçar. 2 alarmar-se. 3 tornar-se irritado ou excitado. to put the wood to sl castigar, coagir. to put through 1 levar a cabo. 2 conseguir a aprovação de lei. 3 fazer penetrar ou atravessar. 4 fazer agir. 5 coll fazer ligação telefônica. 6 forçar alguém a, obrigar alguém a. to put to 1 combinar, juntar, unir. 2 confiar a. 3 afixar a, prender a. 4 atrelar. he put the horses to the car / ele atrelou os cavalos. 5 limitar a. 6 expor a, sujeitar a. to put to a stand dar um paradeiro a. to put to bed pôr na cama, fazer deitar. to put to death matar, executar. the murderer was put to death / o assassino foi executado. to put to flight lançar em fuga. to put together 1 agregar. 2 juntar, reunir. to put to rights pôr em ordem, endireitar. to put to sea começar uma viagem, fazer-se ao mar. to put to shame fazer envergonhar. to put to silence silenciar, fazer calar. to put to sleep pôr na cama, fazer dormir. to put to the sword matar com a espada. to put to the vote submeter à votação. to put two and two together chegar, tirar conclusões. to put under the screw forçar, pressionar. to put up 1 levantar, alçar, içar, suspender, pendurar. 2 erigir, erguer, edificar. 3 montar (máquinas). 4 pôr em leilão. 5 levar à cena. 6 guardar, economizar. 7 pôr em conserva. 8 pôr de lado. 9 acolher, dar hospedagem a, acomodar. 10 designar candidato. 11 candidatar-se. 12 acondicionar, embrulhar. 13 sl tramar, conspirar. 14 aumentar, elevar (preços). 15 alojar-se, hospedar-se. 16 embainhar (espada). 17 cessar (luta). to put up a big stink Braz coll armar um salseiro, rodar a baiana. to put up to 1 instigar, incitar a. he put him up to it / ele o instigou a dizê-lo. 2 dar informações importantes. I’ll put it up to him / levá-lo-ei ao seu conhecimento. to put up with tolerar, agüentar, suportar. what would you put it at? em quanto você avalia isto?

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  • 10 talk

    [to:k] 1. verb
    1) (to speak; to have a conversation or discussion: We talked about it for hours; My parrot can talk (= imitate human speech).) falar
    2) (to gossip: You can't stay here - people will talk!) falar
    3) (to talk about: They spent the whole time talking philosophy.) falar sobre
    2. noun
    1) ((sometimes in plural) a conversation or discussion: We had a long talk about it; The Prime Ministers met for talks on their countries' economic problems.) conversa
    2) (a lecture: The doctor gave us a talk on family health.) palestra
    3) (gossip: Her behaviour causes a lot of talk among the neighbours.) mexerico
    4) (useless discussion; statements of things a person says he will do but which will never actually be done: There's too much talk and not enough action.) conversa
    - talking book
    - talking head
    - talking-point
    - talk show
    - talking-to
    - talk back
    - talk big
    - talk down to
    - talk someone into / out of doing
    - talk into / out of doing
    - talk someone into / out of
    - talk into / out of
    - talk over
    - talk round
    - talk sense/nonsense
    - talk shop
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    [tɔ:k] n 1 conversa, conversação. 2 conferência, discurso, conselho. 3 fala. 4 boato, rumor. it’s the talk of the town / é o assunto da cidade. 5 tagarelice, palra. • vt+vi 1 falar, conversar, dizer. 2 levar a, influenciar. money talks / dinheiro convence. 3 discutir. 4 consultar, conferenciar. 5 manifestar-se, explicar. 6 palrar, tagarelar. let’s talk it over conversemos (seriamente) sobre o assunto. now you are talking isto, sim, que é proposta. small talk conversa superficial. talking of it falando nisso. talk is cheap! falar é fácil! to talk against time falar para preencher o tempo. to talk away matar o tempo com conversa amigável, Brit coll jogar conversa fora. to talk back dar uma resposta rude. to talk big sl contar vantagem. to talk down to tratar de modo superior. to talk into persuadir. to talk of falar sobre, discutir, mencionar. don’t talk of it! / nem fale disto! to talk politics discutir sobre política. to talk round a) falar sem chegar ao assunto. b) convencer, persuadir. to talk sense falar com juízo. to talk someone down não deixar falar, calar. to talk someone out of convencer alguém. he won’t be talked out of it / não se deixa levar na conversa. to talk someone’s head off sl falar demais. to talk tall gabar-se, vangloriar-se. to talk to falar com. I talked to him / falei (seriamente) com ele. to talk turkey falar francamente. to talk with falar para dar instruções, admoestar ou persuadir. you can talk! coll você fala de barriga cheia!

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  • 11 crack

    [kræk] 1. verb
    1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) rachar
    2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) quebrar
    3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) estalar
    4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) dizer
    5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) arrombar
    6) (to solve (a code).) resolver
    7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) quebrar
    2. noun
    1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) racha
    2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) fenda
    3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) estalo
    4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) golpe
    5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) graça
    6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol)
    3. adjective
    (expert: a crack racing-driver.) perito
    - crackdown
    - cracker
    - crackers
    - crack a book
    - crack down on
    - crack down
    - get cracking
    - have a crack at
    - have a crack
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    [kræk] n 1 fenda, racha, fresta, ruptura. 2 estalido, estalo, estrépito, estrondo, pancada. 3 coll golpe, soco que produz um estalido. 4 tiro de arma de fogo. 5 abertura estreita, fresta. 6 instante, momento. 7 craque: esportista de excelente qualidade. 8 droga à base de cocaína. 9 arrombamento. • vi+vt 1 rachar, fender(-se), quebrar, rebentar. the plate is cracked / o prato está trincado. 2 estalar. he cracked his fingers / ele estalou os dedos. 3 crepitar. 4 estourar. 5 bater. 6 ficar áspero e agudo, falhar, mudar de voz. 7 sl ceder, entregar-se. 8 contar (piada). 9 arrombar (cofre). 10 abrir (garrafa) e beber. they cracked a bottle / eles beberam uma garrafa. 11 falhar, falir. • adj excelente, brilhante. • interj zás! crack of doom prenúncio do juízo final. in a crack num instante. to crack a crib sl arrombar uma casa. to crack a crust viver modestamente. to crack a joke contar uma piada. to crack a tidy crust viver bem. to crack town a) Amer fazer ou dar uma batida policial. b) tomar medidas severas. to crack up a) exaltar, elogiar. b) sofrer um colapso mental. c) despedaçar-se.

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  • 12 crack

    [kræk] 1. verb
    1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) rachar
    2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) quebrar
    3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) estalar
    4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) fazer
    5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) arrombar
    6) (to solve (a code).) decifrar
    7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) quebrar
    2. noun
    1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) rachadura
    2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) fresta
    3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) estalo
    4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) tapa
    5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) zombaria
    6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol)
    3. adjective
    (expert: a crack racing-driver.) craque
    - crackdown - cracker - crackers - crack a book - crack down on - crack down - get cracking - have a crack at - have a crack

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  • 13 talk

    [to:k] 1. verb
    1) (to speak; to have a conversation or discussion: We talked about it for hours; My parrot can talk (= imitate human speech).) falar
    2) (to gossip: You can't stay here - people will talk!) falar, comentar
    3) (to talk about: They spent the whole time talking philosophy.) discutir
    2. noun
    1) ((sometimes in plural) a conversation or discussion: We had a long talk about it; The Prime Ministers met for talks on their countries' economic problems.) discussão
    2) (a lecture: The doctor gave us a talk on family health.) conferência
    3) (gossip: Her behaviour causes a lot of talk among the neighbours.) comentário, falatório
    4) (useless discussion; statements of things a person says he will do but which will never actually be done: There's too much talk and not enough action.) falação
    - talking book - talking head - talking-point - talk show - talking-to - talk back - talk big - talk down to - talk someone into / out of doing - talk into / out of doing - talk someone into / out of - talk into / out of - talk over - talk round - talk sense/nonsense - talk shop

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  • too big for one's boots — • too big for one s breeches • too big for one s boots feeling more important than one really is Our new boss is too big for his breeches and needs someone to tell him to change his behavior …   Idioms and examples

  • too big for one's breeches — • too big for one s breeches • too big for one s boots feeling more important than one really is Our new boss is too big for his breeches and needs someone to tell him to change his behavior …   Idioms and examples

  • too big for your boots — too big for (your) boots British, American & Australian, informal, American, informal someone who is too big for their boots behaves as if they are more important or more clever than they really are. Since he was made team captain, he s been… …   New idioms dictionary

  • too big for boots — too big for (your) boots British, American & Australian, informal, American, informal someone who is too big for their boots behaves as if they are more important or more clever than they really are. Since he was made team captain, he s been… …   New idioms dictionary

  • too big for one's britches — too big for one s boots, informal sudden popularity has made Scully too big for his britches Syn: conceited, full of oneself, cocky, arrogant, cocksure, above oneself, self important, puffed up; vain, self satisfied, pleased with oneself, smug,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

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