fancy yourself

fancy yourself
British informal
1) to believe that you are very attractive, clever, or good at something in a way that is annoying

You lot really fancy yourselves, don't you.

2) fancy yourself (as) something to believe, usually wrongly, that you have the qualities or abilities of a particular person or type of person

She fancies herself as another Madonna.


English dictionary. 2014.

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