Tener muchos humos

Tener muchos humos
 

When somebody has much smoke in the head , that means they think they are the centre of the universe, and we think they are idiots.
ENGLISH?

He is very high-and-mighty.
He is very stuck-up.
He is all mouth and trousers.

(although more likely she :D:D)

:D

Maybe also 'He's full of it' or ' He's full of himself'. :)
Though the first one may also mean that someone is telling a lot of bs... :rolleyes:

http://esl.about.com/od/f/g/ig_f_fullo.htm

Out of curiosity, I ran across 'hacer(se) humo' recently. Would this be something along the lines of 'to blow fumes' or more like 'to become/make yourself invisible/scarce'? :)

According to the dic, you´re correct, but that´s southamerican Spanish.

"Subírsele a alguien los humos (a la cabeza)" means that someone suddenly believe they're above anyone else. :)

@empanada: "hacerse humo" or "esfumarse" means to disappear in figurative language.

Buscamos al Ministro para que nos diera una entrevista, pero se hizo humo y nadie lo encuentra.

@Robin: nada de sudamericano. Americano. En México también se usa bastante.

When someone achieves a measure of success, a common caution is:
"Don't let it go to your head.".

hermit