cock-a-hoop [
`kɑkə'hup]
- She's cock-a-hoop about getting the job.
她为得到这份工作而自鸣得意. - He was cock-a-hoop about the birth of his first child.
他为第一个孩子的诞生而感到自豪。
cock-a-hoop[ adj ]
exhibiting self-importance
<adj.all>
big talk
cock-a-hoop \cock`-a-hoop"\, a.
Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.
Syn: boastful, braggart(prenominal), bragging(prenominal),
braggy, big, crowing, self-aggrandizing, vainglorious.
- At the end of the game former internationals such as Brian Price, J J Williams, Barry John were cock-a-hoop.