What does the idiom "high and mighty" mean?
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What does the idiom "high and mighty" mean?
Noble Inheritance:
In the past, someone described as being high-born was a person born into a high social status or position of power. It is from this traditional idea that the idiom "high and mighty" derives.
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View this answerThe phrase "high and mighty" functions as an idiom to describe someone as being selfish, haughty, arrogant, conceited, and acting as if he,...
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Chapter 9 / Lesson 19What is an idiom? What does an idiom mean in figurative language? Learn idiom examples, the idiom definition, and the idiom meaning.
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