se croire sorti de la cuisse de Jupiter
French
editEtymology
editLiterally, “to think oneself came out of Jupiter's thigh” (like the goddess Athena/Minerva and the god Dionysus).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editse croire sorti de la cuisse de Jupiter
- (figuratively, derogatory) to think one is God's gift to the world, to think one is the business, to be full of oneself, to think one is the bee's knees, to think highly of oneself