身の程知らず

Reading

Kana: みのほどしらず

Romaji: minohodoshirazu

Definition

exp

noun

adj-no

1

not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is

Kanji

身

Readings: シン、 み

Meanings: somebody, person, one's station in life

程

Readings: テイ、 ほど、 -ほど

Meanings: extent, degree, law, formula, distance, limits, amount

知

Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる

Meanings: know, wisdom