adorn (oneself) with borrowed plumes
adorn (oneself) with borrowed plumes
To make a showy display of something that is not truly one's own. I know you lied to me earlier about your involvement in this fair, so quit adorning yourself with borrowed plumes and tell me what you actually contributed.
See also: adorn, borrow, plume
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- adorn
- borrow
- plume
- borrowed plumes
- close the door to (something)
- parade in front of
- parade in front of (someone or something)
- cut a (wide) swath, to
- (from) top to toe
- parade by