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Adjective: too big for one's breeches
Usage: informal
  1. (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
    "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and too big for one's breeches";
    - bigheaded, persnickety, snooty [informal], snot-nosed [informal], snotty [informal], stuck-up [informal], uppish [informal], snobbish

See also: proud, toffee-nosed [Brit, informal]

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tonus
tony
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too
too bad
too big for one's breeches
too large
too much
too soon
too-careful
toodle-oo
toodle-pip
too-generous
too-greedy
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