To be insolent against/ to be overbearing/ arrogant/ to turn up one's nose/ to boast

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To be insolent against/ to be overbearing/ arrogant/ to turn up one's nose/ to boast

To be insolent against/ to be overbearing/ arrogant/ to turn up one's nose/ to boast

By metaphor: to be insolent. To behave arrogantly. 'To lift one's nose.' To behave with haughtiness towards...

("A time when she stood before Pharaoh, and lifted up her head against him, and said unto him, Woe unto him, that man! When God returned to Pharaoh from among them, she was filled with a burning desire to kill her. Shephat, who was overseer of the affairs of her house, and comforted her, said unto him, Thou shalt take care of her; she is a suckling, and knoweth nothing" - Shemot Rabbah (Vilna) Parshah of Names Parshah A)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

זָקַף אֶת חָוטְמוֹ, זָקַף חִטְמוּ ב...

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הִתְחַצֵּף. נָהַג בְּגַאֲוָה. 'הֵרִים אֶת הָאַף'. נָהַג בְּהִתְנַשְּׂאוּת כְּלַפֵּי...

("פּוֹעֶה שֶׁהוֹפִיעָה פָּנִים כְּנֶגֶד פַּרְעֹה, וְזָקְפָה חָטְמָהּ בּוֹ וְאָמְרָה לוֹ אוֹי לוֹ לְאוֹתוֹ הָאִישׁ כְּשִׁיבָּא הָאֱלֹהִים לִפָּרַע מִמֶּנּוּ, נִתְמַלֵּא עָלֶיהָ חַמָּה לְהָרְגָהּ. שִׁפְרָה שֶׁהָיְתָה מְשַׁפֶּרֶת עַל דִּבְרֵי בִּתָּהּ וּמְפַיֶּסֶת עָלֶיהָ, אָמְרָה לוֹ אַתָּה מַשְׁגִּיחַ עָלֶיהָ תִּינֹקֶת הִיא וְאֵינָהּ יוֹדַעַת כְּלוּם"- שְׁמוֹת רַבָּה (וִילְנָא) פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמוֹת פָּרָשָׁה א)

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