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breeches

See: TOO BIG FOR ONE'S BREECHES.

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too big for one's breeches

[too big for one's breeches] or [too big for one's boots] {adj. phr.} Too sure of your own importance; feeling more important than you really are. * /That boy had […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

big

[big] See: [IN A BIG WAY], [LITTLE FROG IN A BIG POND], [LITTLE PITCHERS HAVE BIG EARS], [TALK BIG], [TOO BIG FOR ONE'S BREECHES], [WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

boot

[boot] See: [DIE IN ONE'S BOOTS], [IN ONE'S SHOES] also [IN ONE'S BOOTS], [LICK ONE'S BOOTS], [SHAKE IN ONE'S SHOES] or [SHAKE IN ONE'S BOOTS], [TO BOOT], [TOO BIG FOR […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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