单词 | be brought down a peg/be taken down a peg |
释义 | be brought down a peg/be taken down a peg phrase [VERB inflects] See full dictionary entry for peg If you say that someone should be brought down a peg or be taken down a peg, you mean that they should be made to realize that they are not so important or wonderful as they think they are. We thought it was time they were brought down a peg or two. We'd have liked to see her taken down a peg, but not this way. |
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