get too big for your boots
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be too big for your boots — british informal phrase to behave as if you are more important than you really are That boy’s getting too big for his boots. Thesaurus: to think you are importantsynonym Main entry: big * * * be/get too big for your ˈboots … Useful english dictionary
big — /bIg/ adjective comparative bigger superlative biggest 1 SIZE of more than average size, amount, weight etc: a big house | Your baby s getting big! | a big increase in prices | the biggest hotel in New York | She had a big grin on her face. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
big — big1 W1S1 [bıg] adj comparative bigger superlative biggest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(size)¦ 2¦(important)¦ 3¦(popular/successful)¦ 4¦(older)¦ 5¦(large degree)¦ 6¦(bad)¦ 7 have big ideas/plans 8 be big on … Dictionary of contemporary English
don’t throw out your dirty water until you get in fresh — c 1475 in Modern Philology (1940) XXXVIII. 121 He ys a fole that castith a way his olde water or he have new. 1623 W. PAINTER Palace of Pleasure C4v The wise prouerbe wish all men to saue Their foule water vntill they fayrer haue. 1710 S. PALMER… … Proverbs new dictionary
Waiting for Godot — Infobox Play name = Waiting for Godot image size = 200px writer = Samuel Beckett characters = Estragon Vladimir Lucky Pozzo Boy date of premiere = January 5th, 1953 Waiting for Godot is a play by Samuel Beckett, in which two characters wait for… … Wikipedia
boot — 1 /bu:t/ noun (C) 1 SHOE a type of shoe that covers your whole foot and the lower part of your leg: a pair of old army boots 2 JOB informal a) get the boot to be forced to leave your job b) give sb the boot to dismiss someone from their job; sack … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
For You, For Me Tour — Tour by Kylie Minogue Start date September 30, 2009 End date … Wikipedia
boot — boot1 W3S2 [bu:t] n [Sense: 1 3, 5 7; Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: bote] [Sense: 4; Date: 1300 1400; : Old English; Origin: bot advantage, profit, use ] 1.) a type of shoe that covers your whole foot and the lower part of your leg →↑ … Dictionary of contemporary English
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Just So (musical) — Infobox Musical name= Just So subtitle= caption= music= George Stiles lyrics= Anthony Drewe book= Anthony Drewe George Stiles basis= productions= 1984 Newbury 1998 Goodspeed Opera House 2000 North Shore Music Theatre 2005 Chichester Theatre… … Wikipedia
