Variantes:
"Proud as a peacock" or
"Proud as a rooster"
Leçon:
Francais Authentique
Fier Comme un Paon
Resources
Pourquoi on dit fier comme un pou
Europe 1
Pourquoi on dit fier comme Artaban
Guillermo Guiz
L'histoire d'Artaban
Some sources (La langue française) claim that the comedian Coluche popularized bar-tabac during one of his drunken-character impersonations. You'd think there'd be a video of the act if it were so, but I haven't found it yet.