a dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants

A person whose insights, discoveries, or knowledge in general is not due to their own ingenuity, but rather due to the discoveries or previous work of great minds that have come before. Though this is indeed an exciting discovery toward curing cancer, I am but a dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants.

See also: giant, of, on, shoulder, standing

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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giant
stand on the shoulders of giants
stand on (someone's) shoulders
stand on someone's shoulders
big with child
heavy with child
in due course
in due time
wither up
wither

词组	a dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants
释义	a dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants a dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants A person whose insights, discoveries, or knowledge in general is not due to their own ingenuity, but rather due to the discoveries or previous work of great minds that have come before. Though this is indeed an exciting discovery toward curing cancer, I am but a dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants. See also: giant, of, on, shoulder, standing Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: giant stand on the shoulders of giants stand on (someone's) shoulders stand on someone's shoulders big with child heavy with child in due course in due time wither up wither
随便看	not out of the wood not out of the woods on the block on the boil on the books on the borderline on the bottle on the bottom rung (of the ladder) on the bounce on the brain on the breadline on the bright side on the brink on the brink of (something) on the briny on the broo on the bubble on the bum on the buroo on the button on the cards on the carpet on the carpet, to be/call/put on the case on the chance