How to idiomatically tell someone to become more humble?
Suppose someone is too full of himself because he thinks he is so good, if I wanted to advise him to act more humbly, what should I say? I'm familiar with turn your nose up at someone or something, and I'm not sure the opposite, lower your nose or turn your nose down, would be correct English, as in:
Hey! I've had it with you! You need to lower your nose a bit.
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Suppose someone is too full of himself because he thinks he is so good, if I wanted to advise him to act more humbly, what should I say? I'm familiar with turn your nose up at someone or something, and I'm not sure the opposite, lower your nose or turn your nose down, would be correct English, as in:
Hey! I've had it with you! You need to lower your nose a bit.
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You could say "Get over yourself."
– user3169
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Suppose someone is too full of himself because he thinks he is so good, if I wanted to advise him to act more humbly, what should I say? I'm familiar with turn your nose up at someone or something, and I'm not sure the opposite, lower your nose or turn your nose down, would be correct English, as in:
Hey! I've had it with you! You need to lower your nose a bit.
idiom-request
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Suppose someone is too full of himself because he thinks he is so good, if I wanted to advise him to act more humbly, what should I say? I'm familiar with turn your nose up at someone or something, and I'm not sure the opposite, lower your nose or turn your nose down, would be correct English, as in:
Hey! I've had it with you! You need to lower your nose a bit.
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You could say "Get over yourself."
– user3169
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You could say "Get over yourself."
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You could say "Get over yourself."
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You could say "Get over yourself."
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be up yourself
uk slang to think that you are better and more important than other people:
She's so up herself since she landed this new job, it's unbearable.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/be-up-yourself
British slang - I've had enough of you. You're so up yourself.
Note that this is very confrontational, it literally means, "You are up your own backside"
answered 5 hours ago
chasly from UK
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Why being up your own buttocks is taken to mean conceited?Aren't we all literally up our own buttocks? The head is up and the buttock is down. :)
– Sara
4 hours ago
Slang doesn't have to make sense ;-) Have a look at this - urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=up%20themselves
– chasly from UK
2 hours ago
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Its not very idiomatic to tell people to be humble. Humble in not a big part of the culture of English speaking countries. So there isn't a rich source of idioms or metaphors to use.
Instead just be literal:
I've had it with you. You're too proud.
There are some expressions meaning "proud" in a negative way:
You're too full of yourself. You're conceited and arrogant.
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be up yourself
uk slang to think that you are better and more important than other people:
She's so up herself since she landed this new job, it's unbearable.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/be-up-yourself
British slang - I've had enough of you. You're so up yourself.
Note that this is very confrontational, it literally means, "You are up your own backside"
answered 5 hours ago
chasly from UK
1,694310
Why being up your own buttocks is taken to mean conceited?Aren't we all literally up our own buttocks? The head is up and the buttock is down. :)
– Sara
4 hours ago
Slang doesn't have to make sense ;-) Have a look at this - urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=up%20themselves
– chasly from UK
2 hours ago
add a comment |
be up yourself
uk slang to think that you are better and more important than other people:
She's so up herself since she landed this new job, it's unbearable.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/be-up-yourself
British slang - I've had enough of you. You're so up yourself.
Note that this is very confrontational, it literally means, "You are up your own backside"
answered 5 hours ago
chasly from UK
1,694310
Why being up your own buttocks is taken to mean conceited?Aren't we all literally up our own buttocks? The head is up and the buttock is down. :)
– Sara
4 hours ago
Slang doesn't have to make sense ;-) Have a look at this - urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=up%20themselves
– chasly from UK
2 hours ago
add a comment |
be up yourself
uk slang to think that you are better and more important than other people:
She's so up herself since she landed this new job, it's unbearable.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/be-up-yourself
British slang - I've had enough of you. You're so up yourself.
Note that this is very confrontational, it literally means, "You are up your own backside"
answered 5 hours ago
chasly from UK
1,694310
be up yourself
uk slang to think that you are better and more important than other people:
She's so up herself since she landed this new job, it's unbearable.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/be-up-yourself
British slang - I've had enough of you. You're so up yourself.
Note that this is very confrontational, it literally means, "You are up your own backside"
answered 5 hours ago
chasly from UK
1,694310
answered 5 hours ago
chasly from UK
1,694310
answered 5 hours ago
chasly from UK
1,694310
answered 5 hours ago
chasly from UK
1,694310
1,694310
Why being up your own buttocks is taken to mean conceited?Aren't we all literally up our own buttocks? The head is up and the buttock is down. :)
– Sara
4 hours ago
Slang doesn't have to make sense ;-) Have a look at this - urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=up%20themselves
– chasly from UK
2 hours ago
add a comment |
Why being up your own buttocks is taken to mean conceited?Aren't we all literally up our own buttocks? The head is up and the buttock is down. :)
– Sara
4 hours ago
Slang doesn't have to make sense ;-) Have a look at this - urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=up%20themselves
– chasly from UK
2 hours ago
Why being up your own buttocks is taken to mean conceited?Aren't we all literally up our own buttocks? The head is up and the buttock is down. :)
– Sara
4 hours ago
Why being up your own buttocks is taken to mean conceited?Aren't we all literally up our own buttocks? The head is up and the buttock is down. :)
– Sara
4 hours ago
Slang doesn't have to make sense ;-) Have a look at this - urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=up%20themselves
– chasly from UK
2 hours ago
Slang doesn't have to make sense ;-) Have a look at this - urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=up%20themselves
– chasly from UK
2 hours ago
add a comment |
Its not very idiomatic to tell people to be humble. Humble in not a big part of the culture of English speaking countries. So there isn't a rich source of idioms or metaphors to use.
Instead just be literal:
I've had it with you. You're too proud.
There are some expressions meaning "proud" in a negative way:
You're too full of yourself. You're conceited and arrogant.
answered 5 hours ago
James K
33.3k13784
add a comment |
Its not very idiomatic to tell people to be humble. Humble in not a big part of the culture of English speaking countries. So there isn't a rich source of idioms or metaphors to use.
Instead just be literal:
I've had it with you. You're too proud.
There are some expressions meaning "proud" in a negative way:
You're too full of yourself. You're conceited and arrogant.
answered 5 hours ago
James K
33.3k13784
add a comment |
Its not very idiomatic to tell people to be humble. Humble in not a big part of the culture of English speaking countries. So there isn't a rich source of idioms or metaphors to use.
Instead just be literal:
I've had it with you. You're too proud.
There are some expressions meaning "proud" in a negative way:
You're too full of yourself. You're conceited and arrogant.
answered 5 hours ago
James K
33.3k13784
Its not very idiomatic to tell people to be humble. Humble in not a big part of the culture of English speaking countries. So there isn't a rich source of idioms or metaphors to use.
Instead just be literal:
I've had it with you. You're too proud.
There are some expressions meaning "proud" in a negative way:
You're too full of yourself. You're conceited and arrogant.
answered 5 hours ago
James K
33.3k13784
answered 5 hours ago
James K
33.3k13784
answered 5 hours ago
James K
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answered 5 hours ago
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You could say "Get over yourself."
– user3169
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