proud as a peacock
Extremely proud.
“Donʼt nobody want to see a black man look like you walkinʼ proud as a peacock. Like you ainʼt got a lick of fear in you.”
proud
/pɹaʊd/
adj 5name 1
Collocations
11(adj.)
VERBS
be, feel, look, seem, sound | make sb
ADV
enormously, especially, extremely, fiercely, immensely, inordinately, intensely, more than a little, particularly, really, terribly, tremendously, very
His parents were tremendously proud when he graduated from university with top grades.
almost
She was almost proud when her daughter won the school spelling competition.
quite, rather | justifiably, justly, rightly
perversely
She was perversely proud of her messy apartment, refusing to let anyone help her clean it.
quietly
She quietly felt proud when her daughter graduated from university.
secretly
PREP
of
My parents were proud of my decision to study medicine at university.
PHRASES
have every reason/right to be proud
The team has every right to be proud after winning the championship last season.
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