smell one's own farts

短语

词形变化

smells one's own farts 三单 smelling one's own farts 现在分词 smelled one's own farts 过去式 smelled one's own farts 过去分词

别名

sniff one's own farts

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To become conceited; to believe that one's achievements are greater than they really are.

    习语

    These ivory-tower bureaucrats have been sitting in an echo chamber for months now, smelling their own farts, not realizing these ham-fisted policies really aren't working.

词源

Named after the fact that one is liable to become acclimatized to, or even come to like, the smell of one's own farts, whilst still recognizing others' as foul. The acclimatization is likened to becoming out-of-touch with the reality of one's mediocrity.

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