proud as a peacock

• IPA^(key): /pɹaʊd əz ə ˈpiːkɒk/

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

proud as a peacock (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic, simile) Extremely proud.
   • 2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 158:

     “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.”