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    Give_oneself_airs 对比 Give_someone_the_air
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    • give oneself airsact conceited or superior:

      • Sally is always giving herself airs. You’d think she had royal blood.

      give someone the air—(coll.) reject or dismiss a person:

      • I couldn’t change her views … nor could she convert me to hers, even when she threatened to give me the air.

      Cf.: get the airbe rejected (as a friend or lover):

      • Shirley was afraid she might get the air from her boyfriend if she went out with other boys.

      See also: take air / take the air.

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