be too big for your boots

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to be / become too proud of yourself; to behave as if you are more important than you really are

   Yeah, l mean, those boys are getting too big for their boots.

In the movies · 1

• Yeah, l mean, those boys are getting too big for their boots.Lords of Dogtown2005
• Got a little too big for your boots, didn't you?The Fall Guy2024

From the same entry

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• big deal
• the big enchilada
• a big fish
• a big girl's blouse
• a big noise
• the big picture
• the big stick
• the Big Three, Four
• give a big hand
• have a big mouth
• me and my big mouth