英语词组a tall poppy是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

a tall poppy a privileged or distinguished person.

☞ The Roman tyrant Tarquin was reputed to have struck off the heads of poppies as a gruesomely graphic demonstration of the way in which the important men of a captured city should be treated. In recent years, the term tall poppy syndrome has also developed, referring to a tendency to discredit or disparage people who have become rich, famous, or socially prominent.

1991Lynn BarberMostly Men Journalists on the whole tend to be egalitarian-minded and contemptous of tall poppies, but I prefer the prima donnas.

词组	a tall poppy
释义	a tall poppy a privileged or distinguished person. ☞ The Roman tyrant Tarquin was reputed to have struck off the heads of poppies as a gruesomely graphic demonstration of the way in which the important men of a captured city should be treated. In recent years, the term tall poppy syndrome has also developed, referring to a tendency to discredit or disparage people who have become rich, famous, or socially prominent. 1991Lynn BarberMostly Men Journalists on the whole tend to be egalitarian-minded and contemptous of tall poppies, but I prefer the prima donnas.
随便看	put someone or something through their paces put someone out of their misery put someone out to pasture put someone right put someone's ass in a sling put someone's ass in a sling put someone's nose out of joint put someone's nose out of joint put someone's (or have your) ass in a sling put someone's pot on put someone through the hoops put someone through the mangle put someone through the mangle put someone through the mill put someone through the wringer put someone through the wringer (or the mangle) put someone to the sword put someone wise put something behind you put something into someone's head put something on hold put something on the long finger put something on the long finger put something on the map put something out of its misery