0 false ways of behaving that are intended to make other people feel that you are important and belong to a high social class:
It does not put on airs and graces.
They tell us, and tell us pretty straight, and if we try to put on any airs and graces we quickly have to come off our perches.
It was easy for him, who came from the comfort of some plush office, with his airs and graces, and had no understanding whatsoever of reality.
There she acquired airs and graces and an aristocratic style.
The term is used to suggest someone who has a few airs and graces and enjoys the ex-patriate life.
He has no airs and graces.
