TOO BIG FOR HIS BRITCHES

Meaning of TOO BIG FOR HIS BRITCHES in English

too proud, cocky , swelled head

I promise not to get too big for my britches if I win the award.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

TOO BIG FOR HIS BRITCHES — too proud, cocky, swelled head I promise not to get too big for my britches if I win the award.
English Idioms vocab
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BRITCHES — noun plural Etymology: alteration of breeches Date: 1571 breeches, trousers
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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Английский словарь Британика
HIS — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, gen. of hē he — more at he obsolete possessive of he I …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIG — I. ˈbig adjective ( bigger ; biggest ) Etymology: Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect bugge …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOO — (|)tü adverb Etymology: Middle English to, too, from Old English tō to, too — more at to 1. : in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BRITCHES — ˈbrichə̇z noun plural Etymology: alteration of breeches : breeches, pants • - too big for one's britches
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOO — (adv.) Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too …
Английский словарь Webster
TOO — ( adv. ) Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOO — /tooh/ , adv. 1. in addition; also; furthermore; moreover: young, clever, and rich too. 2. to an excessive extent or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BRITCHES — /brich"iz/ , n. ( used with a pl. v. ) breeches. [ 1880-85 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIG — big 1 — biggish , adj. — bigly , adv. /big/ , adj., bigger, biggest , adv. , n. adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BRITCHES — n. pants
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BIG — I. ˈbig adjective ( big·ger ; big·gest ) Etymology: Middle English, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect bugge …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOO — adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tō to, too — more at to Date: before 12th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BRITCHES — noun plural Etymology: alteration of breeches Date: 1571 : breeches, trousers
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOO — adv likewise; also; in addition. 2. too ·adv over; more than enough; noting excess; as, a thing is too …
Webster English vocab
BIG — noun ·alt. of bigg. 2. big ·vt ·alt. of bigg. 3. big ·superl having largeness of size; of much bulk …
Webster English vocab
BRITCHES — [britch.es] n pl [alter. of breeches] (ca. 1803): breeches, trousers
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIG — [big] adj big.ger ; big.gest [ME, perh. of Scand origin; akin to Norw dial. bugge important man] (14c) 1 a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BRITCHES — britches BrE AmE ˈbrɪtʃ ɪz -əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BIG — big BrE AmE bɪɡ ▷ bigger ˈbɪɡ ə AmE - ə r ▷ biggest ˈbɪɡ ɪst -əst ▶ ˌ Big …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TOO — / tuː; NAmE / adverb 1. used before adjectives and adverbs to say that sth is more than is good, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIG — / bɪg; NAmE / adjective , adverb , verb ■ adjective ( big·ger , big·gest ) LARGE 1. large in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOO — too S1 W1 /tuː/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: to 'to, too' ] 1 . [+ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BRITCHES — britch ‧ es /ˈbrɪtʃəz, ˈbrɪtʃɪz/ BrE AmE noun [plural] old-fashioned [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: breeches ; ⇨ ↑ breech …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BIG — I. big 1 S1 W1 /bɪɡ/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative bigger , superlative biggest ) [ Date: 1300-1400 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOO — adv. 1 to a greater extent than is desirable, permissible, or possible for a specified or understood purpose (too colourful …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BIG — adj. & adv. --adj. (bigger, biggest) 1 a of considerable size, amount, intensity, etc. (a big mistake; a big helping). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOO — adv. 1 to a greater extent than is desirable, permissible, or possible for a specified or understood purpose (too colourful …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BIG — adj. & adv. adj. (bigger, biggest) 1 a of considerable size, amount, intensity, etc. (a big mistake; a big helping). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOO — adv.1 to a greater extent than is desirable, permissible, or possible for a specified or understood purpose (too colourful for …
Oxford English vocab
BIG — adj. & adv. --adj. (bigger, biggest) 1. a of considerable size, amount, intensity, etc. (a big mistake; a big helping). …
Oxford English vocab
TOO — I. ADDING SOMETHING OR RESPONDING /tu:/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIG — ( bigger, biggest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A big person …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOO
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIS — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES betray his presence ▪ The slightest sound might betray his presence . craned his neck …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BRITCHES
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIG — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a (big) box office draw (= a successful actor who many people will pay …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOO — (MORE) [adverb] [not gradable] - more than is needed or wanted; more than is suitable or enoughYou're too fat.I can't …
Cambridge English vocab
BRITCHES — [plural] [noun] - US for breeches
Cambridge English vocab
BIG — (IMPORTANT) [adjective] bigger, biggest - important, because of being powerful, influential or having a serious effectHe had a big decision …
Cambridge English vocab
BIG — adj. big bang Big Bend National Park Big Ben Big Bertha Big Cypress Swamp Big Stick Policy Big Sur big …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TOO — Synonyms and related words : above, additionally, again, all included, along, also, altogether, among other things, and all, and also, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BIG — adj. big boy big bug big cheese big chief big gun big house big name big noise big shot big …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BIG — I. big adjective 1. of significant size or scope a big expanse of mud big plans Synonyms: considerable, extensive, hefty, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
TOO — See ↑ AND/ALSO 1, ↑ TOO/TOO MUCH 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ about time too • ↑ be too big/small • …
Longman Activator English vocab
BIG — INDEX: 1. big objects/buildings/organizations etc 2. very big 3. big places, areas, cities 4. big people 5. large numbers/amounts 6. …
Longman Activator English vocab
TOO — adv. 25B6; adverb invasion would be too risky : EXCESSIVELY, overly, over, unduly, immoderately, inordinately, unreasonably, extremely, very; informal too-too. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BIG — adj. 25B6; adjective a big building : LARGE, sizeable, substantial, great, huge, immense, enormous, extensive, colossal, massive, mammoth, vast, tremendous, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BIG — adj. 1 large, great, grand; huge, enormous, immense, gigantic, giant, tremendous, colossal, Brobdingnagian, jumbo, Colloq Brit socking or whacking big …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TOO — adverb 1 BAD : I was too happy when I received your letter today. GOOD : I was very happy …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
TOO — нареч. 1) излишне, слишком, чересчур 2) весьма, очень, сильно Syn : very, much 3) также, тоже; к тому же 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) 1. союз 1) ибо; ввиду того, что (вводит придаточное причины) This is no party question, for …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BRITCHES — (разговорное) штаны > too big for one's * слишком высокого мнения о себе
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BIG — большой, крупный - * book большая книга - * game крупная дичь - * repair капитальный ремонт - * gun …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BRITCHES — Широкие брюки
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TOO — too.ogg _I tu: adv 1. 1> слишком too quickly - слишком бстро too much little - слишком много мало he …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOR — for.ogg 1. fɔ: n довод в пользу чего-л. fors and againsts - доводы за и против 2. fɔ: (полная форма); …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BRITCHES — n употр. с гл. во мн. ч. разг. штаны too big for one's britches - слишком высокого мнения о себе
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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