1A person, especially a minor official, who is pompous and self-important.
得势小人；自命不凡的人（尤指小官员）
all government officials become little tin gods
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The opposition Liberals accused him of acting like a ‘tin god,’ and the New Democrats called for the abolishment of censorship entirely.
Is it that the power felt by such a person when standing before people who treat him as a tin god results in a loss of sanity?
But you sense that he will run the show his way and give Wales some much-needed direction, whether one or two little tin gods like it or not.
The time is also long overdue to re-examine lifetime appointments of judges, which allows them to act like little tin gods, at the expense of our freedom and the country's elected government.
Wee-eell, said the little tin gods who run the benefits department, that depends on your son.
1.1An object of unjustified veneration or respect.
徒有虚名（或被盲目崇拜）的东西
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The final nail in its coffin was the company's absurd decision to kowtow to the tin god of its licensing agreements.
These are always good questions, but they may be especially powerful when the tin god of Net Worth is looking particularly hollow.
Definition of tin god in US English:
tin god
nounˌtin ˈɡäd
1A person, especially a minor official, who is pompous and self-important.
得势小人；自命不凡的人（尤指小官员）
all government officials become little tin gods
Example sentencesExamples
The opposition Liberals accused him of acting like a ‘tin god,’ and the New Democrats called for the abolishment of censorship entirely.
Is it that the power felt by such a person when standing before people who treat him as a tin god results in a loss of sanity?
Wee-eell, said the little tin gods who run the benefits department, that depends on your son.
But you sense that he will run the show his way and give Wales some much-needed direction, whether one or two little tin gods like it or not.
The time is also long overdue to re-examine lifetime appointments of judges, which allows them to act like little tin gods, at the expense of our freedom and the country's elected government.
1.1An object of unjustified veneration or respect.
徒有虚名（或被盲目崇拜）的东西
Example sentencesExamples
These are always good questions, but they may be especially powerful when the tin god of Net Worth is looking particularly hollow.
The final nail in its coffin was the company's absurd decision to kowtow to the tin god of its licensing agreements.