get a swelled head

  • 1swelled head — {n.}, {informal} A feeling that you are very important or more important than you really are. * /When John won the race, he got a swelled head./ * /Pretty girls shouldn t get a swelled head about it./ [swell headed] {adj. phr.} * /After he was… …

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  • 2swelled head — {n.}, {informal} A feeling that you are very important or more important than you really are. * /When John won the race, he got a swelled head./ * /Pretty girls shouldn t get a swelled head about it./ [swell headed] {adj. phr.} * /After he was… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 3swelled\ head — noun informal A feeling that you are very important or more important than you really are. When John won the race, he got a swelled head. Pretty girls shouldn t get a swelled head about it. swell headed adj. phr. After he was elected captain of… …

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  • 4swelled head — feeling too proud, let it go to your head    If I win the talent contest, I promise not to get a swelled head …

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  • 5head — See: ACID HEAD, BEAT INTO ONE S HEAD, BEAT ONE S HEAD AGAINST A WALL, BIG HEAD, COUNT HEADS, EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE S HEAD, FROM HEAD TO FOOT, GET THROUGH ONE S HEAD, GOOD HEAD ON ONE S SHOULDERS, GO TO ONE S HEAD, HANG ONE S HEAD, HAVE ONE S… …

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  • 6head — See: ACID HEAD, BEAT INTO ONE S HEAD, BEAT ONE S HEAD AGAINST A WALL, BIG HEAD, COUNT HEADS, EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE S HEAD, FROM HEAD TO FOOT, GET THROUGH ONE S HEAD, GOOD HEAD ON ONE S SHOULDERS, GO TO ONE S HEAD, HANG ONE S HEAD, HAVE ONE S… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 7head — See: acid head, beat into one s head, beat one s head against a wall, big head, count heads, eyes in the back of one s head, from head to foot, get through one s head, good head on one s shoulders, go to one s head, hang one s head, have one s… …

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  • 8head — /hɛd / (say hed) noun 1. the upper part of the human body, joined to the trunk by the neck. 2. the corresponding part of an animal s body. 3. the head considered as the seat of thought, memory, understanding, etc.: to have a head for mathematics …

  • 9важничать — ВАЖНИЧАТЬ, несов., без доп. Разг. Вести себя высокомерно, принимая внушительный вид; быть надменным в поведении, оценке, манере обращения; Син.: кичиться, Разг. надуваться, Разг. пыжиться, чваниться; Ант.: скромничать [impf. coll. to plume… …

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  • 10пыжиться — ПЫЖИТЬСЯ, несов., без доп. Перен. Разг. Вести себя высокомерно, принимая ложно внушительный вид; держать себя чванно, надменно, словно напрягаясь, надуваясь изо всех сил, чтобы сделать что л.; Син.: Разг. важничать; Ант.: Разг. скромничать [impf …

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