英语词汇“tall poppy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tall poppy

noun informal, chiefly Australian /NZ

A person who is conspicuously successful and whose success frequently attracts envious hostility: this is a nation that likes to win, but it also prides itself on its tendency to cut down tall poppies...

Finns don't cut tall poppies down to size.
In 2002, the world-renowned manager and prototypical tall poppy, retired.
Aussies rarely lose their sense of humour and love to poke fun at pomposity and 'tall poppies'.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from an obsolete sense of poppy¹ 'a conspicuous or prominent person or thing', probably with reference to Tarquinius Superbus, a king of ancient Rome who demonstrated how to deal with potential enemies by cutting off the heads of the tallest poppies in his garden (Livy 1.54.6).

单词	tall poppy
释义	tall poppy noun informal, chiefly Australian /NZ A person who is conspicuously successful and whose success frequently attracts envious hostility: this is a nation that likes to win, but it also prides itself on its tendency to cut down tall poppies... Finns don't cut tall poppies down to size. In 2002, the world-renowned manager and prototypical tall poppy, retired. Aussies rarely lose their sense of humour and love to poke fun at pomposity and 'tall poppies'. Origin Mid 19th century: from an obsolete sense of poppy¹ 'a conspicuous or prominent person or thing', probably with reference to Tarquinius Superbus, a king of ancient Rome who demonstrated how to deal with potential enemies by cutting off the heads of the tallest poppies in his garden (Livy 1.54.6).
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