[Idiom] On Excellent Terms

[gurpreetgill4u]

What does "To be on excellent terms with yourself" means?

Does that means that the person thinks highly of himself?

Thanks,

 

[teechar]

Does that means that the person thinks highly of himself?

No, that's not how I would interpret that unusual expression.

Where did you find that text?

 

[gurpreetgill4u]

[h=1]A BRAVE BOY'S FIGHT FOR FORTUNE
[/h] [h=2] By Horatio Alger, Jr. [/h]
Squire Walsingham was a tall, portly man of fifty, sleek and evidently on excellent terms with himself.

 

[teechar]

The author is trying to give the impression of a happy and (perhaps overly) confident man.

 

[Rover_KE]

In future, gurpreetgill4u, please give us the source and context in post #1, without waiting to be asked for it. This text is from 1900, which may affect our answers.



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