お高たかくとまる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

put on airs; act self-important; be stuck-up

Describes someone acting haughty or superior, often with a sense of looking down on others. The phrase is a set expression.

• 彼かれは最さい近きんお高たかくとまっていて、話はなしかけにくい。

  He's been putting on airs lately and is hard to talk to.

• あの人ひとはいつもお高たかくとまっているから、あまり好すきじゃない。

  That person is always acting self-important, so I don't really like them.