posture

posture as (someone or something)

To present or portray oneself falsely as a different person or type of person. Someone posturing as a security guard managed to sneak in and steal a bunch of company secrets. You only studied psychology for a single semester, so stop posturing as some sort of expert on the topic!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

posture as someone or something

to pretend to be someone or a particular type of person. Why is the secretary posturing as the manager and giving out assignments? Carla entered the ballroom, posturing as a grand duchess of somewhere or another.
See also: posture
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • pose as
  • pose as (someone or something)
  • hanger-on
  • pond
  • a big fish in a small pond
  • a big frog in a small pond
  • big fish in a small pond
  • big frog in a small pond
  • frog in a small pond
  • change off
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"Improper posture can lead to a multitude of ills, from neck pain to headaches and back pain.
North Shore Pro-Active Health offers free backpack, posture screenings
Participants of the BackJoy SitSmart Posture Core yoga session
Wanderlust: Finding inner peace through good posture
'A lot of joint problems can be prevented by good posture, by not overloading, and by doing moderate exercises.'
Cell phone addiction can lead to joint injuries
Research has shown that changing posture can make you feel better.
Lessen those pains by staying on the move
Co-author, Associate Professor of Health Education, Richard Harvey said, "Slumping over is a defensive posture that can trigger old negative memories in the body and brain.
Change in posture may help you score better in math
In a randomized, controlled trial with 99 participants, targeted spine strengthening exercises and a posture training program were found to reduce hyperkyphosis (Dowager's hump) in older adults.
Improve Your Posture and Reduce Your Risk of Back Problems: Getting up and moving around is the best thing you can do for your posture
Keywords: Biomechanics, Human-computer interaction, Musculoskeletal discomfort, Posture, Ergonomics.
Posture related musculoskeletal discomfort and its association with computer use among university students
The seminar was aimed at providing strategic insight into the emerging trends in Indian force posture, shift in India's nuclear doctrine and its growing nuclear and missile capabilities.
India developing destabilizing doctrines, technologies: Lt Gen A(r) Jamil
Lt Gen Jamil talked in detail about the Indian designs while speaking at a seminar on 'Indian Force Posture Development' organised by Strategic Vision Institute (SVI), an Islamabad based think tank on Tuesday.
Indian forces' posture making war more likely, says ex-boss of SPD
Sitting for long hours is very harmful to your health and causes many more problems than just posture related issues,' Dr mentioned.
Office employees sitting with wrong postures can lead several health issues
Having good posture renders confidence, it helps to build our self esteem and makes us look good, but it also benefits our health as well.
Neka Health Announces Seat Cushion to Promote a Healthy Posture
Multiclass hand posture detection is worthy of investigation for several reasons: different users may be habituated to using different postures for interaction, many application systems require multiple postures to realize different functions, and robust detection of human hand from multiple viewpoints can be achieved through multiclass hand detection by letting different posture categories represent postures captured under different viewpoints.
Hand Detection Using Cascade of Softmax Classifiers
A proper posture is thought to be a state of musculoskeletal balance involving minimal amount of stress or strain to the body.
Prevalence of Postural Dysfunction among Female College Students-A Qualitative Analysis
Body and head posture have been areas of intense research over the last decade.
THE IMPACT OF POSTURAL CHANGES ON DENTAL OCCLUSION
Summary: Bad posture can contribute to things like disk herniation, pinched nerves, tingling, arthritic changes in the joints, and tissue getting shorter and tighter
Poor workplace posture can lead to pain