cocksure

cocksure

1. liiallisen itsevarman oloisesti varma, tyhmänrohkea

Synonyymisanakirja

cocksure

itsevarma, vuorenvarma, yli-itsevarma, aivan varma.

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force majeure, kure, houre, kuumehoure, suure, vakiosuure, satunnaissuure...

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Englannin sanakirja

cocksure englanniksi

1. puhekieltä too confident; overconfident

I thought myself cocksure of the horse which he readily promised me. — Alexander Pope.

2. 1906, John Galsworthy, s:The Man of Property|The Man of Property, s:The Man of Property/Preface|preface

The persistence of the Past is one of those tragicomic blessings which each new age denies, coming cocksure on to the stage to mouth its claim to a perfect novelty.

3. 1920, Sinclair Lewis, The Main Street, s:Main Street/Chapter 23|chapter 23

These crack specialists, the young scientific fellows, they're so cocksure and so wrapped up in their laboratories that they miss the human element.

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