打肿脸充胖子
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lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom)
to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities
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Idiom惯用语 · In everyday use
- Literally
- slap one's face swollen to pass for a fat man
- Meaning
- To put on a show of strength, wealth or ability one lacks, at one's own cost. Mildly critical or mocking.
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