English Dictionary

put on frills

動詞

古風 慣用表現

(idiomatic, dated) To act in a pretentious or snobbish way.

日本語の意味

気取った態度をとる / 見せかけをする / 虚飾を施す

When he met the investors, he put on frills, using affected intonations and name-dropping to appear important.

彼が投資家と会ったとき、見栄を張って、わざと気取った口調を使ったり、有名人の名前を出して重要に見せようとした。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, dated) To act in a pretentious or snobbish way.

[…] he put his head in again, and cussed me for putting on frills and trying to be better than him; and when I reckoned he was gone, he come back and put his head in again, and told me to mind about that school, because he was going to lay for me and lick me if I didn’t drop that.

puts on frills （ present singular third-person ）

putting on frills （ participle present ）

put on frills （ participle past ）

put on frills （ past ）