дутая величина

• ДУТАЯ ВЕЛИЧИНА{{}}

[NP; often subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum (subj: human)]

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⇒ a person whose scholarly or professional reputation is greatly exaggerated, has no factual basis:

- X - дутая величина{{}}≈ X is not what he's cracked up to be;

- X's reputation is overblown;

- X is a fraud.