Stiff upper lip and all that. Cheerio.

That smug, frozen face of yours doesn't take me in.

Do you have to sit there smiling at me like some smug, knowitall schoolteacher?

Such a cavalier attitude to the demands of lesser powers to be heard is no longer possible.

And I do not propose to let an overweening, finicky, crass lieutenant thumb his nose at his general officer commanding and get away with it.

The God of all Nations came to the aid of Costa Rica before any armed clashes could take place, the arrogant dictator had fallen and peace reigned once again among our countries linked by fraternal ties.

In his debates with Ronald Reagan in 1980, Jimmy Carter came across as smug and humorless, and Reagan as a friendly old uncle.

Unfortunately, Turkish elites hopes (if not expectations) were not realized. The Arab revolutions ended up exposing Turkey s own weaknesses and contradictions, further aggravated by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan s repressive policies and overweening political style.