put on airs purposely

put on airs purposely

Take sugar as vinegar, Pinyin n á t á ngzu ù C ù, from the dream of Red Mansions.

explain

Put on airs and put on airs. It's a derogatory term. It's a pretense, a class of pretense

source

The 101st chapter of Cao Xueqin's a dream of Red Mansions in Qing Dynasty: "Huizi has done something for grandma. Besides, she has been locked up for several floors. She is not afraid of others' coldness even if she is so sweet and sour?"

Examples

① Chapter 37 of Wenkang's biography of heroes and heroines in Qing Dynasty: "we've done it too, and it's worth your being so sweet and sour!" (2) Chapter 9 of Qian Zhongshu's besieged city: Rou Jia said, "I'm free to come and go. I'll give you face and ask you, but I'll make you jealous."

usage

Put on airs