Original artwork, not a still
Adam Bede • 1859
He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The rooster imagines that the sun rises for his benefit. Used to describe a person, that image makes pride look ridiculous: an event far beyond his control becomes a response to his own voice. The comparison catches someone mistaking importance to himself for importance to everything.
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