Phrase guide

high on one's own supply

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

(of a drug dealer) Using the drugs which one sells, especially to excess.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: literally, not-comparable

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adj

Meaning 2

Assigning too much credibility to exaggerated favorable descriptions of one's character, achievements, or prospects; intoxicated by one's own braggadocio; enamored with one's own overvalued public image.

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Usage: figuratively, not-comparable

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History

Etymology

From a scene in the film Scarface (1983), in which drug dealer Tony Montana (Al Pacino) is mocked for excessively consuming cocaine from his own inventory. : 1983, Oliver Stone, Scarface, spoken by Elvira Hancock (Michelle Pfeiffer): Lesson number two: Don't get high on your own supply.

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