"adorn oneself with borrowed plumes" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "adorns oneself with borrowed plumes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adorning oneself with borrowed plumes",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adorned oneself with borrowed plumes",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adorned oneself with borrowed plumes",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To claim the honor of another for yourself."
      ],
      "id": "en-adorn_oneself_with_borrowed_plumes-en-verb-S-x7ZhsP",
      "links": [
        [
          "claim",
          "claim"
        ],
        [
          "honor",
          "honor"
        ],
        [
          "another",
          "another"
        ],
        [
          "yourself",
          "yourself"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To claim the honor of another for yourself."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "adorn oneself with borrowed plumes",
          "word": "sich mit fremden Federn schmücken"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "adorn oneself with borrowed plumes",
          "word": "kititi se tuđim perjem"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "adorn oneself with borrowed plumes",
          "word": "lysa med lånta fjädrar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "adorn oneself with borrowed plumes"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "adorns oneself with borrowed plumes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adorning oneself with borrowed plumes",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adorned oneself with borrowed plumes",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adorned oneself with borrowed plumes",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
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        "English verbs",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To claim the honor of another for yourself."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "claim",
          "claim"
        ],
        [
          "honor",
          "honor"
        ],
        [
          "another",
          "another"
        ],
        [
          "yourself",
          "yourself"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To claim the honor of another for yourself."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "adorn oneself with borrowed plumes",
      "word": "sich mit fremden Federn schmücken"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "adorn oneself with borrowed plumes",
      "word": "kititi se tuđim perjem"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "adorn oneself with borrowed plumes",
      "word": "lysa med lånta fjädrar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "adorn oneself with borrowed plumes"
}