Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power.
1 We deal in matters too great for even those high - and - mighty Droods.
2 I know a rotten apple in the high - and - mighty O'Rourke family tree is unthinkable.
3 Lachlan McGillivray had always been too high - and - mighty for his own good.
4 We can't afford them high - and - mighty prices at Kroger's and the A&P like you.
5 Of course, the high - and - mighty Carlisles would call in the feds.
6 Lilith laughed, to see the high - and - mighty Authorities cringe and fawn at her colourless feet.
7 No wonder high - and - mighty Brioche didn't want to handle it.
8 But you're nothing more than a high - and - mighty camp lady.
9 I need to lay off with the high - and - mighty stance.
10 You don't get to play high - and - mighty with me anymore.
11 Coming here with all his high - and - mighty talk.
12 He wouldn't have informed that high - and - mighty Englishman.
13 Don't take that high - and - mighty tone with me!
14 But did those high - and - mighty women do anything?
15 You're the high - and - mighty Carolyn Carlisle.
16 Mister high-and-mighty's all testy tonight.'
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