to feel like a colossus
- idiom
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sentirse poderoso
- Completing the project ahead of schedule made him feel like a colossus at work.
Examples
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After winning the championship, I felt like a colossus!
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Standing on top of the mountain, I felt like a colossus, overlooking the world.
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After winning the debate, she felt like a colossus in front of her classmates.
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She feels like a colossus when she leads her team.
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After winning the debate, she felt like a colossus in front of her classmates.
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Completing the project ahead of schedule made him feel like a colossus at work.
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Standing on top of the mountain, I felt like a colossus, overlooking the world.
Synonyms
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To get special treatment and attention as if you are very important
Think you are very important and act better than others
Think you are more important or special than other people
Antonyms
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward simile using 'feel like' + a noun: if a learner knows 'colossus' (a hugely large or influential person), they can directly infer 'feel extremely powerful/important' from the parts. The compositional metaphor follows common cross-linguistic simile patterns, so the meaning is transparently derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Feel like a colossus paints a picture of someone as a huge statue standing above other people, like the famous Colossus of Rhodes. That's why it means 'to feel extremely powerful, important, or strong'.