Fancy-pants.
English
idiom
A person who tries to impress others with their stylishness or status.
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A person who tries to impress others with their stylishness or status.
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Someone or something that is overly fancy, pretentious, or unnecessarily elaborate.
When you call something fancy-pants, you are usually teasing or mocking it for being more sophisticated than the situation calls for.
It is a lighthearted, slightly sarcastic way to describe something that tries too hard to impress.
"Snobby"
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Acting superior to others in a genuinely arrogant way
"High and Mighty"
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Behaving as if you are more important or better than others
"Fancy-pants"
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Overly elaborate or pretentious in a way that invites gentle mockery
Did you see the new slide deck? It has animations, custom fonts, and a soundtrack.
A bit fancy-pants for an internal update, but I admit it looks impressive.
I got us a reservation at that rooftop restaurant with the prix fixe menu.
Ooh, look at you — all fancy-pants. I'll wear something nice.
This gym has a smoothie bar, a sauna, and a meditation pod.
Fancy-pants! What happened to just lifting weights and going home?
