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Strutting like a rooster
Meaning
- To walk with an exaggerated, arrogant, or proud gait. It implies someone is puffing themselves up and acting like they own the place.
Sarcastic, observational
Used in a sentence
- Look at him strutting like a rooster just because he got a new tie.
- He has been strutting like a rooster ever since he won the golf tournament.
- Don't go strutting like a rooster until you have actually finished the work.
The backstory
A direct observation of the way roosters walk around the farmyard with their chests puffed out and heads held high to assert dominance.
Heard in
The South
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