high-and-mighty



high-and-mighty

Fig. self-important and arrogant. I don't know why William is so high-and-mighty. He's no better than the rest of us. The boss acts high-and-mighty because he can fire us all.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Theresete-RE-zə (German), te-RES (Swedish), tə-REES (English)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Sayen-Native American, Mapuche
Leeannlee-ANEnglish
SarahSER-ə (English), SAR-ə (English), ZAH-rah (German)English, French, German, Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Ulrica-Swedish
Henrietta[.henri'etə]