威い張ばり腐くさる

godan verb (-ru)

throw one's weight around; act high and mighty; be puffed up

Pejorative compound of 威張る (to be bossy) and 腐る (to rot), implying an obnoxious, overbearing attitude. Stronger and more contemptuous than 威張る alone.

• あいつは課か長ちょうになった途と端たんに威い張ばり腐くさって、みんなに嫌きらわれている。

  As soon as he became section chief, he started throwing his weight around and now everyone hates him.

• 威い張ばり腐くさった態たい度どを取とるな。

  Don't act so high and mighty.