夜郎自大的英文:
[Literal Meaning]
the state of Ye Lang/self-conceited
ludicrous conceit of the king of Yelang

[解释]
人无知而狂妄自大。

[Explanation]
parochial arrogance

[例子]
你还和他吹嘘你有钱,别夜郎自大了。他可是我们这里有名的百万富翁。

[Example]
You've boasted you are rich to him. You are stuck up and he is the well-know millionaire here.

[英文等价词]
to get too big for one's shoes
be stuck up

参考例句:
  • A cock is valiant on his own dunghill
    夜郎自大
  • Every cock crows on its own dunghill
    夜郎自大
  • Having limited outlook and being ignorantly boastful are common failings of the people in opposition to the reform.
    坐井观天,夜郎自大,是反对改革的人的通病。
  • Keep it, in any case, familiar, facetious even, rather than pedantic and portentous
    无论如何,要使它显得很随便,甚至滑稽可笑,而不要显得很迂腐,夜郎自大。
  • He was handsome and unattractive, a swashbuckling, beefy, conceited man who was putting on fat
    他样子挺英俊,可就是不讨人喜欢;长得结实粗壮,身子已经开始发胖,这个人夜郎自大,欺软怕硬。

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