to ooze with confidence
- idiom
- Informal
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desbordar confianza
- She seemed to ooze with confidence during the entire job interview.
Examples
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Whenever he enters a room, he oozes with confidence and positivity.
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The leader's ability to ooze with confidence inspired the whole team.
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She oozes with confidence every time she speaks.
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During the presentation, John oozed with confidence.
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She seemed to ooze with confidence during the entire job interview.
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The leader's ability to ooze with confidence inspired the whole team.
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Whenever he enters a room, he oozes with confidence and positivity.
Synonyms
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5.6
To walk or behave in a confident way to impress others
How Confident
Surface Forms
Morphology
ooze + with + confidence
The verb 'ooze' literally means to flow or exude slowly, so combined with 'with confidence' a learner can straightforwardly infer 'exude/display confidence.' The construction follows a normal verb + with + noun pattern and the metaphorical extension is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would likely understand it.
Etymology
The phrase ooze with confidence creates a simple image: ooze means to flow or leak out slowly, and confidence is belief in yourself. So someone who 'oozes with confidence' seems to 'give off' strong belief in themselves that others can see.