high and mighty vs modest

high and mighty

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

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

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

modest

adj
  • Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble. 

  • Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others. 

  • Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety. 

  • Small, moderate in size. 

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