high and mighty vs humble

high and mighty

noun
  • A social or economic group wielding undue power, influence or economic clout. 

adj
  • Ever since she was placed in the gifted program, she's become so high and mighty that no one wants to be near her. 

  • Overbearingly arrogant; ostentatiously self-important or self-aggrandizing. 

humble

verb
  • To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive. 

  • To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of 

noun
  • An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject. 

adj
  • Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming. 

  • Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest. 

How often have the words high and mighty and humble occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )