单词 | on a pedestal, put |
释义 | on a pedestal, putAlso, set on a pedestal. Greatly admire, magnify in importance, as in Youngsters tend to put rock stars on a pedestal, forgetting that they're human. This expression alludes to the raised position of a statue on a pedestal. [Mid-1800s] Words nearby on a pedestal, puton and off, on and on, on an even keel, onanism, on a par with, on a pedestal, put, on approval, on a rampage, on a roll, on a shoestring, Onassis The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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