up oneself

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Adjective

up oneself (comparative more up oneself, superlative most up oneself)

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Smug; arrogant; self-important and self-satisfied.

   I don't like her; she is really up herself.

   Don't be so up yourself.

   • 2010, Deb Fitzpatrick, 90 Packets of Instant Noodles, Fremantle Press, page 151,

     They′re older and taller and more up themselves.

   • 2010, Jilly Cooper, Jump!, page 235:

     There was a lot of yard bitching about Michelle, who was getting more and more up herself.

   • 2012, Alastair Campbell, The Burden of Power: Countdown to Iraq - The Alastair Campbell Diaries, unnumbered page:

     I had felt too that Putin was far grander than before, much more up himself, a bit peevish.

Translations

smug; arrogant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傲慢 (zh) (àomàn), 自以為是／自以为是 (zh) (zìyǐwéishì)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: omahyväinen (fi), ylimielinen (fi)
• Portuguese: metido (pt)
• Russian: самодовольный (ru) m (samodovolʹnyj)