jumped-up | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,derogatory)Thinking or acting as if one issuperior, as by pretending to be of a higherclassor having greaterauthoritythan is the case.2007, Nov 27. Scott Murray, writing inGuardian Unlimited: "Stuttgart 3-2 Rangers"We're doomed if this weejumped-upmonkey gets Gordon Smith's blessing.; Having risen from a lowly station or an inferior position, often with a conceited or arrogant attitude.Synonym:upstart1895,Punch, or the London Charivari, 24 August, 1895, "'Arry on Harry",[1]Youjumped-up, cheap, Coventry bagman, / silk-sampling, no doubt, is your biz1919, J.C. Snaith, chapter XXXIV, inThe Undefeated‎[2], pages233–234:Well, you can have all my share of democracy. Between you and me, Gert, it's mainly a name for a lot ofjumped-upignoramuses who have no idea of how little they do know.1938,Xavier Herbert, chapter II, inCapricornia‎[3], page27:[…]the faithful service he gave was pearl cast before mean, gutless, brainless,up-jumpedswine[…]1982,Tom Stoppard,On the Razzle:[…]I'm damned if I'm going to be harried and put off my stroke by the ridiculous self-importance of ajumped-uppastry-cook.2005,George R. R. Martin,A Feast for Crows:"My good wife flatters them, to call them knights. They’reupjumpedsellswords, with not a thimble of chivalry to be found amongst the four of them."2014, Brian Stavely,The Emperor's Blades‎[4]:The man was anupjumpedpeasant with delusions of his own importance.

Examples:

EN: You're only a jumped-up, checked-off hospital-turnout incurable of an old working man.
ES: Sólo es usted un infeliz, o un viejo trabajador en paro.
EN: Not from you, you jumped-up cock-a-hooping -
ES: - No de ti, pedante...
EN: They're jumped-up servants who think they're better than the rest of us
ES: - Yokihi! - Da igual. Se aprovecha del emperador.
EN: It's for big merchants, not jumped-up clerks like you
ES: Es para grandes comerciantes, no para empleados pretenciosos.
EN: You're gonna attend that meeting tonight or, by jumped-up Harry, you're gonna be guest of honor at a necktie party!
ES: Tiene que asistir a la reunión de esta noche ¡o les pondremos una soga por corbata!
EN: I owe that jumped-up plowboy a seeing-to.
ES: Debo vengarme de ese campesino presumido.
EN: Haven't you forgotten the jumped-up pantry boy who doesn't know his place?
ES: ¿Se olvida del menestral advenedizo que no sabe cuál es su sitio?
EN: You're a nobody, a jumped-up little money-grabber for all your title.
ES: Tú eres un don nadie, un presuntuoso y pequeño especulador, por todo título.
EN: He's just a jumped-up guard.
ES: Sólo es un guardián presuntuoso.
EN: This jumped-up, firework display of a toy advert.
ES: Es una presuntuosa demostración para vender un juguete.
EN: We had two extra sessions to try that jumped-up nigger Robeson for contempt.
ES: Tuvimos que juzgar dos sesiones extras a ese desagradable Robeson, por desacato.
EN: Holy jumped-up, bald-headed, Jesus palomino!
ES: ¡No joda chamos!
EN: Yes. At least it'll be me in charge and not all those failed MPs and jumped-up DJs.
ES: Si, así no me la quitaran los parlamentarios fracasados y disc-jockeys creídos.
EN: You stupid, jumped-up filofax.
ES: - Estúpida cotorra semiautomática.
EN: Ward's just a jumped-up little ponce from Torquay.
ES: Ward, es sólo un advenedizo de Torquay.

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