too big for one's breeches

1. 1.

   (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant

   “a snotty little scion of a degenerate family”

   “they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety”

   Synonymsbigheadedpersnicketysnootysnot-nosedsnottystuck-upuppish

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Questions about too big for one's breeches

What does too big for one's breeches mean?

too big for one's breeches means "(used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant".

What is another word for too big for one's breeches?

Close synonyms include bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is too big for one's breeches a common word?

too big for one's breeches is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.