"adorn oneself with borrowed plumes" meaning in All languages combined

See adorn oneself with borrowed plumes on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: adorns oneself with borrowed plumes [present, singular, third-person], adorning oneself with borrowed plumes [participle, present], adorned oneself with borrowed plumes [participle, past], adorned oneself with borrowed plumes [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} adorn oneself with borrowed plumes (third-person singular simple present adorns oneself with borrowed plumes, present participle adorning oneself with borrowed plumes, simple past and past participle adorned oneself with borrowed plumes)
  1. (idiomatic) To claim the honor of another for yourself. Tags: idiomatic Translations (adorn oneself with borrowed plumes): sich mit fremden Federn schmücken (German), kititi se tuđim perjem (Serbo-Croatian), lysa med lånta fjädrar (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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