英语词汇“take (or bring) someone down a peg or two”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

take (or bring) someone down a peg or two

Make someone realize that they are less talented or important than they think they are: good to see United taken down a peg or two last evening...

Nothing makes for taking you down a peg or two like public humiliation.
But in the long run, it's a good hurt, because it takes you down a peg or two and reminds you what you're supposed to be doing in the first place.
No matter how good you think you are, horses will always take you down a peg or two.

Synonyms

humble, humiliate, mortify, bring/take down, bring low, demean, show up, shame, put to shame, make ashamed, discomfit, disgrace, discredit, downgrade, debase, degrade, devalue, dishonour, embarrass, put someone in their place, make a fool of, chasten, subdue, get the better of, have the last laugh on, abash, abase, crush, squash, quash, deflate, flatten, make someone eat humble pie

informal put down, settle someone's hash, cut down to size

North American informal make someone eat crow

See parent entry: peg

单词	take (or bring) someone down a peg or two
释义	take (or bring) someone down a peg or two Make someone realize that they are less talented or important than they think they are: good to see United taken down a peg or two last evening... Nothing makes for taking you down a peg or two like public humiliation. But in the long run, it's a good hurt, because it takes you down a peg or two and reminds you what you're supposed to be doing in the first place. No matter how good you think you are, horses will always take you down a peg or two. Synonyms humble, humiliate, mortify, bring/take down, bring low, demean, show up, shame, put to shame, make ashamed, discomfit, disgrace, discredit, downgrade, debase, degrade, devalue, dishonour, embarrass, put someone in their place, make a fool of, chasten, subdue, get the better of, have the last laugh on, abash, abase, crush, squash, quash, deflate, flatten, make someone eat humble pie informal put down, settle someone's hash, cut down to size North American informal make someone eat crow See parent entry: peg
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