put on airs

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Verb

put on airs (third-person singular simple present puts on airs, present participle putting on airs, simple past and past participle put on airs)

(idiomatic) To become haughty, to assume a pretentious manner.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit:
  Even Timothy, the jointed wooden lion, who was made by the disabled soldiers, and should have had broader views, put on airs and pretended he was connected with Government.
Synonym: give oneself airs

Translations

become haughty, assume a haughty manner

Chinese:
Mandarin: 擺架子／摆架子 (zh) (bǎijiàzi), 擺譜兒／摆谱儿 (zh) (bǎipǔr), 拿大 (zh) (nádà)
Esperanto: afekti (eo)
Finnish: mahtailla (fi)
French: se donner des airs, prendre des airs (fr)
German: sich aufspielen (de)
Hungarian: felvág (hu), affektál (hu), megjátssza magát
Icelandic: gera sig merkilegan, setja upp hátíðarsvip, snúa upp á sig
Italian: darsi delle arie
Japanese: 体裁振る (ていさいぶる, teisai-buru), 見栄をはる (みえをはる, mie-o haru)
Norman: faithe la reine
Polish: puszyć się jak paw (pl)
Portuguese: empinar o nariz, erguer o nariz
Russian: ва́жничать (ru) (vážničatʹ)
Spanish: darse aires, darse tono, hacer el paripé
Tagalog: magmaganda

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