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proud below the navel
outdated Having an erect penis. Primarily heard in UK. A: "I think that Sir Edgar grows proud below the navel every time he sees you, dear sister." B: "Oh, hush! Someone from the garden might hear us!"
do oneself proud
to have done a very fine job. That's super! You've done yourself proud! I feel like I've done myself proud by earning high honors.
do someone proud
to make someone proud. Bill's kids sure did him proud at the boat race. Mary resolved she would do her friends proud.
*proud as a peacock
and *vain as a peacockoverly proud; vain. (*Also: as ~.) Mike's been strutting around proud as a peacock since he won that award. I sometimes think Elizabeth must spend all day admiring herself in a mirror. She's as vain as a peacock.
do somebody proud
1. to feel very pleased about someone because they have done something well Once again, the armed forces have done us proud.
2. to treat a visitor or guest very well Rosemary did us proud with such a lovely lunch.
do somebody proud
1. (informal) to treat someone who is visiting you very well, especially by giving them lots of good food We had a lovely lunch. Rosemary did us proud.
2. (informal) to make someone proud of you by doing something very well Once again, the armed forces have done us proud.
do someone proud
1. Also, do credit to someone. Be a source of honor, distinction, or pride. For example, She did us proud, handling the problem with such aplomb, or Your new title does you credit. [Early 1800s]
2. Treat someone or oneself generously or extravagantly, as in You really did us proud with that banquet. [Early 1800s]
proud as a peacock
Having a very high opinion of oneself, filled with or showing excessive self-esteem. For example, She strutted about in her new outfit, proud as a peacock. This simile alludes to the male peacock, with its colorful tail that can be expanded like a fan, which has long symbolized vanity and pride. Chaucer used it in The Reeve's Tail: "As any peacock he was proud and gay." [1200s]
do (one) proud
To act or perform in a way that gives cause for pride.