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What's it called when someone insults you for not knowing something that you've never learnt...

Arrogance From Merriam-Webster: an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions Clearly the guy is talking down to you, acting superiorly. Often …
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A word for the feeling of 'I don't want to be like them'

A word for the feeling of 'I don't want to be like them' "I don't want to be like them" is not a feeling, but maybe you meant the feeling that derives from that thought. That feeling would be fea …
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English equivalent to Dutch "Mopping while the tap is running"?

In an ineffective solution that's a waste of effort and resources: to put a plaster on a wooden leg ..which is similar to the French idiom: mettre un cataplasme sur une jambe de bois Alternati …
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