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单词
take/knock/bring someone down a peg
释义
take/knock/bring someone down a peg
:
to make (someone) feel less important or proud
挫某人的气势
He was
taken down a peg
when an even better player joined the team.
一位更加优秀的选手加入队伍后，他的傲气收敛了不少。
She needs to be
taken down a peg
. [=
humbled
]
要杀一杀她的威风。
⇒ Main Entry:
1
peg
随便看
on the wrong side of 50
on the wrong side of the law
on the wrong track
on thin ice
on this score
on tick
on time
on tiptoe
on tiptoes
onto
on top
on top of
on top of her game
on top of the world
onto something
onto the defensive
on tour
on tow
on track
on trial
on TV
on/under false pretenses
on/under pain of
on/under the pretext that
on/under/with the assumption
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