cock-a-hoop

adj.

1. 得意扬扬
   very pleased and excited, especially about achieving sth

1. 兴高采烈的;得意洋洋的
   If you are cock-a-hoop, you are extremely pleased about something that you have done.

1. Polluters are cock-a-hoop& and so are the Republicans, who have become ever less verdant since the recession began.
   环境污染者们得意洋洋&而共和党人也如此。自经济衰退开始以来，共和党人已经变得越来越老成持重了。
2. He was cock-a-hoop over his victory.
   他对他的胜利洋洋自得，他对他的胜利。
3. He always says something with cock-a-hoop.
   他说话时经常一副自鸣得意的样子。
4. He was cock-a-hoop about the birth of his first child.
   他为第一个孩子的诞生而感到自豪。
5. The factory was all cock-a-hoop after the strike.
   那家工厂在罢工后陷於一片混乱。

adj

1. exhibiting self-importance
   1. big talk

   Synonym:    boastfulbraggart(a)bragging(a)braggybigcrowingself-aggrandizingself-aggrandising