chutzpah

chutzpah

NOUN
INFORMAL
extreme self-confidence or audacity:
"love him or hate him, you have to admire Cohen's chutzpah"

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have a nerve
have a/some nerve
To do something bold, daring, or impudent.
Wow, that intern has some nerve asking for a raise on her first day!
You really have a nerve, asking Mom for money when you already know she's in a bad mood.
See also: have, nerve
have the nerve to (do something)
To have the will to do something bold, daring, or impudent.
Wow, I can't believe that intern had the nerve to ask for a raise on her first day!
See also: have, nerve, to
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have a nerve
Also, have some nerve. Have audacity, show effrontery. For example, You have a nerve telling me what to do, or She had some nerve, criticizing the people who donated their time. The related have the nerve is used with an infinitive, as in He had the nerve to scold his boss in public. This idiom uses nerve in the sense of "courage" or "audacity." [Late 1800s]
See also: have, nerve
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
have a ;nerve (informal) behave in a way that other people think is rude or not appropriate: She had a nerve, arriving half an hour late for the meeting. ; She borrowed my new bicycle without asking. What a nerve!
See also: have, nerve
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See also:
have a/some nerve
ask around about
(it) never hurts to ask
(it) doesn't hurt to ask
doesn't hurt to ask. and never hurts to ask
asking price
ballsy
cry foul
can you beat it/that?
control of (someone or something)
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SIMILAR:
audacity
cheek
guts
nerve
boldness
self-confidence
gall
temerity
effrontery
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German
NOUN
Chuzpe
Chuzpe f (genitive Chuzpe, no plural)

(less common than in American English) chutzpah
Synonyms: Dreistigkeit, Dummdreistigkeit