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词组 pride
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IDIOMSLANG
PRIDE
act high-and-mighty
to act proud and powerful. (Informal. Fixed order.)
Why does the doctor always have to act so high-and-mighty?If Sally wouldn't act so high-and-mighty, she'd have more friends.
(as) proud as a peacock
very proud; haughty.
John is so arrogant. He's as proud as a peacock.The new father was proud as a peacock.
burst at the seams
[for someone] to explode (figuratively) with pride or laughter.
Tom nearly burst at the seams with pride.We laughed so hard we just about burst at the seams.
burst with pride
to be full to the bursting point with pride.
My parents were bursting with pride when I graduated from college.I almost burst with pride when I was chosen to go up in the space shuttle.
do someone proud
to make someone proud.
Well, Bill really did himself proud in the horse race.That fine-looking, prizewinning hog ought to do you proud. Did you raise it all by yourself?
feel it beneath one (to do something)
to feel that one would be lowering oneself to do something.
Tom feels it beneath him to scrub the floor.Ann feels it beneath her to carry her own luggage.I would do it, but I feel it beneath me.
hold one's head up
to have one's self-respect; to retain or display one's dignity.
I've done nothing wrong. I can hold my head up in public.I'm so embarrassed and ashamed. I'll never be able to hold up my head again.
pride and joy
something or someone that one is very proud of. (Often in reference to a baby, a car, a house, etc. Fixed order.)
And this is our little pride and joy, Roger.Fred pulled up in his pride and joy and asked if I wanted a ride.
pride oneself on something and pride oneself in something
to take special pride in something.
Ann prides herself on her apple pies.John prides himself in his ability to make people feel at ease.
idiompridehave/take pride of place to be the most important thing in a group, or to be considered the best or most important of several things, people, or ideas:Taking pride of place in the hospital will be a £400,000 CAT Scanner, bought as a result of a three-year fund-raising effort.Why did the horses have pride of place over the cattle on the farms?give sth pride of place: Mr Endicott gives pride of place to his model of a Spitfire, given to him by his uncle. swallow your prideto do something although it will embarrass you, for example to admit that you were wrong or need help:No matter how wrong he was, Luke would never swallow his pride and say that he was sorry.If you can't find the information you need, it is sometimes a good idea to swallow your pride and look in the children's reference section.
phrasepride[prided, prided, priding]
pride yourself on
pride yourself on/upon sth to be proud of something that you do well, or of a good quality that you have: They pride themselves on the "family atmosphere" among the workforce. The restaurant prides itself on offering an excellent service at a reasonable price.pride yourself on doing sth Thomas always prided himself on being able to speak three languages fluently. SIMILAR TO: be proud of
See:
  • a point of pride
  • be puffed up with pride
  • be puffed up with pride, etc.
  • beam with pride
  • burst with pride
  • false pride
  • have pride of place
  • pride (oneself) in (something)
  • pride (oneself) on (something)
  • pride and joy
  • pride and joy, one's
  • pride comes before a fall
  • pride comes before the fall
  • Pride goes before a fall
  • pride goes before the fall
  • pride goeth before a fall
  • pride goeth before the fall
  • pride of place
  • pride oneself in
  • pride oneself on
  • swallow (one's) pride
  • swallow one's pride
  • swallow one's pride, to
  • swallow pride
  • swallow your pride
  • take pride (in someone or something)
  • take pride in
  • take pride in somebody/something
  • your pride and joy
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