英语词组cut down to size是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

词组	cut down to size
释义	cut down to sizev. phr.informal To prove that someone is not as good as he thinks. 〖非正式〗挫（某人）锐气；煞（某人）威风；使（某人）知分寸；使（某人）有自知之明。◆ The big boy told John he could beat him, but John was a good boxer and soon cut him down to size.那个大男孩告诉约翰说他能打败他，但约翰是个拳击好手，很快就让他显了原形。
随便看	ferret out literary〖文〗or smell Out or sniff out few and far between fiddle around fiddle while Rome burns fiddle with fifth column fifth wheel fifty-fifty fifty-fifty fight fire with fire fighting chance fight it out fight off fight tooth and nail figure in figure on figure out figure up filled to capacity fill her up fill in fill (in) the gap fill it up fill one in (on) fill one's shoes

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