| 单词 | low man on the totem |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslow man on the totem colloquial. low man on the totem: a person of lowly status. Similarly low on the totem: of lowly status. Cf. sense 3, totem pole n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > [adjective] > of rank or position low man on the totem pole1941 low on the totem1956 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > socially inferior person > [noun] lowerc1175 afterlingc1275 smalla1325 nethererc1443 undermana1661 lowlife1712 vulgar1763 vulgarian1809 rank outsider1869 low man on the totem1956 1956 Alaska & West Coast Transportation Probl.: Hearings before U.S. Senate Comm. Interstate & Foreign Commerce, 84th Congr., 2nd Sess. (U.S. Comm. Interstate & Foreign Commerce) 55 Because of the unfair competitive tactics employed by the Alaska Railroad, I now am low man on the totem. 1974 K. Millett Flying (1975) ii. 167 Counting on faculty privilege. Almost too low on the totem even to deserve it. 1977 D. Bagley Enemy xviii. 148 ‘What's your status here?’ ‘Low man on the bloody totem... I have a line into the Embassy but that's for emergency use only.’ 2006 New Yorker (Nexis) 5 June (Fact section) 47 I used to talk about people who have a moment of power, even though they're very low on the totem, and instead of being generous use it to put someone down. < as lemmas |
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