have a big head

Meaning: To be conceited; to think too highly of oneself.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Example: “Ever since he won the spelling bee, he's had a big head.”

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: "Big head" for conceit dates from around 1800: success or flattery is imagined making the head swell.

Equivalents in other languages

French: avoir la grosse tête — literally: to have a big head
French: Avoir le melon — literally: To have the melon
Estonian: Nina püsti käima — literally: To walk with your nose up
Albanian: I rri gjel dikujt — literally: He stands like a rooster to someone

have itchy feet — To feel a restless urge to travel or move on.
wait on someone hand and foot — To do everything for someone, attending to their every need.
have a sharp tongue — To speak in a harsh, cutting way.
cut one's teeth — To gain one's first experience of something.
be scared stiff — To be so frightened that one cannot move.
with one hand tied behind one's back — Very easily; or, when forced on someone, at a great disadvantage.

get lucky — To succeed in having a sexual encounter.
shout it from the rooftops — To tell everyone about something, openly and loudly.
bare one's teeth — To show hostility and a readiness to fight.
one's eyes are bigger than one's stomach — To take more food than one can eat; more broadly, to want more than one can handle.
have a memory like an elephant — To remember things, especially slights, for a very long time.
be in the thick of it — To be in the busiest or most intense part of an activity.

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