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"form": "adorning oneself with borrowed plumes",
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"To claim the honor of another for yourself."
],
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"(idiomatic) To claim the honor of another for yourself."
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"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"
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"(idiomatic) To claim the honor of another for yourself."
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"translations": [
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"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"
}
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