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Meaning of smell one's own farts | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

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

idiomatic

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

smell out smell the barn smell the coffee smell up smell what someone is stepping in smelled