身の程知らず みのほどしらず Also written 身のほど知らず Meanings Expression, の-adjective, な-adjective, Noun not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is Kanji 身 body. Read as み. 程 extent. Read as ほど. 知 know. Read as しる. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists