high and mighty

high and mighty
1. n phr
сильные мира сего (тж. high and mighties)

She found it was not such a wonderful thing to be in the chorus... After a few days she had her first sight of those high and mightles - the leading ladies and gentlemen. (Th. Dreiser, ‘Sister Carrie’, ch. XXXVIII) — Керри убедилась, что быть статисткой далеко не такое счастье, как ей казалось раньше... через несколько дней она впервые лицезрела "сильных мира сего" - артистов и артисток, игравших первые роли.

2. adj phr
высокомерный, надменный, властный, заносчивый

The girl sneered. ‘Oh, him! He was a-braggin'. High and mighty.’ (J. Steinbeck, ‘The Grapes of Wrath’, ch. XX) — - Кто, он? Да он просто хвастается, подумаешь, нос задрал! - Девочка презрительно улыбнулась.

He ought to stop doing nothing and criticizing everybody. If he had some work, he wouldn't be so high and mighty. (J. Lindsay, ‘Betrayed Spring’, ch. II) — Ему пора перестать бездельничать и критиковать всех. Если бы он взялся за работу, вся спесь мигом бы с него сошла.

...she's a little bit too high and mighty, your Jean. (S. Chaplin, ‘The Watchers and the Watched’, ch. 5) — ...она же такая, много из себя строит, твоя Джин.

3. adv phr
высокомерно, надменно

They talk high and mighty, but they owe everyone in town. (KHD) — Они в долгу у всего города, а спеси хоть отбавляй.


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