Adjective: too big for one's breeches
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Overly conceited or arrogant; showing or characterized by a superior, disdainful, or haughty attitude
"they're snobs—stuck-up and uppity and too big for one's breeches";
- bigheaded, snooty [informal], snot-nosed [informal], snotty [informal], stuck-up [informal], uppish [informal], pernickety [Brit, informal], snobbish
See also: proud, toffee-nosed [Brit, informal]