give oneself airs

English

Verb

give oneself airs (third-person singular simple present gives oneself airs, present participle giving oneself airs, simple past gave oneself airs, past participle given oneself airs)

1. (intransitive) to act pretentiously, or in a snobbish manner; to swagger

Translations

to act pretentiously

• Finnish: hienostella (fi), herrastella
• Maori: whakatamatama
• Romanian: a-și da aere
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: важничать (ru) (važničatʹ), зазнаваться (ru) (zaznavatʹsja)
• Spanish: darse ínfulas, darse tono

See also

• airs and graces