Concetti Chiave
- Being proud can have both positive and negative connotations, reflecting satisfaction with one's own or someone else's achievements.
- The term "proud" can be used to describe a positive recognition of accomplishments or a negative attitude towards others.
- To do someone proud can mean being a source of pride or treating someone generously.
- Big-headedness describes excessive pride, implying one's ego has inflated disproportionately.
- The phrase "don't let it go to your head" cautions against allowing achievements to foster arrogance or a sense of superiority.
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Proud
To be proud is to be pleased with someone's qualities or accomplishments. You can be proud of yourself or of someone close to you. Proud has a more positive feeling to it than vain, but it can also be used in a negative way.
Ex: Leo's father, who had wanted to be a famous athlete himself, was extremely proud of his son because he was such a good footballer that he was made team captain.
Ex: Margarita is an unbearable proud woman; I have often noticed that she will not even bother to speak to anyone who is below her in society.
To do one proud means to be a source of pride to someone.
Ex: Catherine, you did us proud with that meal. I haven't had a roast chicken like that in years, and the pie was fantastic. You must have spent a lot of time cooking today.
Big-headed
Big¬headed means you have a lot of pride. The idea is that something about you has made you so pleased with yourself that your head has grown to an unusual size.
Ex: Jackson Marlington is getting very big¬headed about his musical talents. He honestly thinks no one plays guitar better than him; he needs to be taken down a peg or two.
Sometimes people will tell others not to let something go to their head. This is the same idea as being big-headed. If you think too much of yourself or your accomplishments, it will go to your head and make you think yourself better than others.
Ex: Sarah is at the top of all her classes in school and all her teachers have great respect and admiration for her, but she tries not to let that go to her head.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Qué significa ser orgulloso y cómo se puede interpretar de manera positiva o negativa?
- ¿Qué implica ser "big-headed" y cómo se relaciona con el orgullo?
- ¿Cómo se puede evitar que el orgullo se convierta en arrogancia?
Ser orgulloso significa estar complacido con las cualidades o logros de alguien, ya sea de uno mismo o de alguien cercano. Puede tener una connotación positiva, como en el caso del padre de Leo que está orgulloso de su hijo por ser un buen futbolista. Sin embargo, también puede interpretarse negativamente, como en el caso de Margarita, quien es insoportablemente orgullosa y no se digna a hablar con personas de menor estatus social.
Ser "big-headed" implica tener un exceso de orgullo, al punto de que uno se siente tan satisfecho consigo mismo que su cabeza parece haber crecido. Esto se relaciona con el orgullo en el sentido de que uno puede pensar demasiado en sus logros, como Jackson Marlington con su talento musical, lo que puede llevar a creerse superior a los demás.
Para evitar que el orgullo se convierta en arrogancia, es importante no dejar que los logros se suban a la cabeza. Por ejemplo, Sarah, a pesar de estar en la cima de sus clases y ser admirada por sus profesores, intenta no dejar que eso le haga pensar que es mejor que los demás.
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