your shit doesn't stink
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9.9
- idiom
- Offensive
:
creerse que su mierda no huele (vulgar)
- She walks around like her shit doesn't stink, acting superior to everyone else.
- thinks your shit doesn't stink
Examples
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His arrogance is off the charts; he really believes his shit doesn't stink.
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The ultimate narcissism is thinking your shit does not stink.
Blog text (31) -
Even after failing multiple tests, she still acts like her shit doesn't stink.
Synonyms
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4.5
Behaving as if you are more important or better than other people
227
8.9
Someone who thinks they are much better than others
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7.8
Acting as if you are better than other people
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7.2
Thinking you are more important than other people
A person who acts as if they are perfect and better than others
Acting more confident and important than you really are
Antonyms
How Arrogant
- Offensive
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9.9
- Offensive
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6.6
260
4.5
∞
1.0
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3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components ('shit' as vulgar slang for one’s stuff/nonsense and 'stink' meaning 'be bad' or 'have a fault') give a motivated metaphorical reading — that someone thinks their faults don’t exist — so a learner who knows the words could infer a rough meaning. However, the expression is colloquial, taboo, and pragmatically idiomatic (carrying the specific sense of arrogance/self-importance and social force), so the precise social meaning and nuance are not fully predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Your shit doesn't stink is a slang phrase that comes from a rude image: if even your shit did not stink, you would be 'perfect' and 'cannot do anything wrong'. So it now means someone acts like they are better than others or 'cannot be wrong'.