have letters after (one's) name

To have a series of abbreviations listed after one's name indicating one's levels of higher education or military honors, thereby denoting a presumed level of intelligence, wisdom, or respectability. I hate hanging out with your PhD colleagues—it seems like they'll only take you seriously if you have letters after your name.

词组	have letters after (one's) name
释义	have letters after (one's) name have letters after (one's) name To have a series of abbreviations listed after one's name indicating one's levels of higher education or military honors, thereby denoting a presumed level of intelligence, wisdom, or respectability. I hate hanging out with your PhD colleagues—it seems like they'll only take you seriously if you have letters after your name. See also: after, have, letter, name Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: at doorstep at (one's) doorstep at (one's) expense at expense at somebody's expense at someone's expense be remembered as (something) be remembered as/for something be in (one's) good graces be in somebody's good graces
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