Meanings
adjectiveproud as a peacock (not comparable)
- idiomaticnot comparablesimileExtremely proud.
“Donʼt nobody want to see a black man look like you walkinʼ proud as a peacock. Like you ainʼt got a lick of fear in you.”
2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 158
Translations
Czech pyšný jako páv
- pyšný jako pávextremely proud
Dutch trots als een pauw
- trots als een pauwextremely proud
Esperanto fiera kiel pavo
- fiera kiel pavoextremely proud
Finnish ylpeä kuin riikinkukko, ylpeä kuin kukko
- ylpeä kuin riikinkukkoextremely proud
- ylpeä kuin kukkoextremely proud
French fier comme un paon
- fier comme un paonextremely proud
German stolz wie ein Pfau
- stolz wie ein Pfauextremely proud
Norwegian Bokmål stolt som en hane
- stolt som en haneextremely proud
Polish dumny jak paw
- dumny jak pawextremely proud
Swedish stolt som en tupp
- stolt som en tuppextremely proud
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