as if (one) owns the place

In a supremely confident way. The phrase sometimes indicates that the speaker is annoyed by such confidence. Ugh, the boss's son always walks through the office as if he owns the place. I want you to walk into that interview as if you own the place—no false modesty.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Vesta	['vestə]
Pontus	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Ottilia	oot-TEE-lee-ah	Swedish
Adam	A-dəm (English), a-DAWN (French), AH-dahm (German, Polish), AH:-dahm (Dutch), ah-DAHM (Russian, Ukrainian)	English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainia
VĚRa	-	Czech
Ashwood	['æʃwud]