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to burst the buttons off your jacket

Posted by ESC on January 03, 2006

In Reply to: To burst the buttons off your jacket posted by Philipp on January 03, 2006

: to burst the buttons off your jacket

: What does this expression mean? I am not a native speaker!

It means someone is very proud -- his chest swells with pride and the buttons fly off his jacket.

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