- to strut about feeling complacent (idiom)
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to strut about feeling complacent
This idiom describes someone who walks around with an air of self-satisfaction or arrogance, especially after achieving something or feeling superior.
He walked into the room, strutting about with self-satisfaction, making everyone feel uncomfortable.
After the competition, she spoke about her victory with an air of complacency.
Generated collocations (experimental)
gù pàn zì xióng顾盼自雄to strut about feeling complacentzì yǐ wéi shì自以为是to consider oneself always righthào gāo wù yuǎn好高骛远to aim too high and lose sight of realityxīn gāo qì ào心高气傲to be proud and conceitedmù zhōng wú rén目中无人to look down on otherszhǐ gāo qì yáng趾高气扬to be arrogant and self-satisfiedzì míng dé yì自鸣得意to be complacently self-satisfiedzì wǒ táo zuì自我陶醉to indulge in self-admiration