take down a peg Идиома

down a peg

(See take him down a peg)

knock you down a peg

say you are too proud, put him in his place If you are too cocky, Don will knock you down a peg.

square peg in a round hole

a person who does not fit into a job or position He is like a square peg in a round hole trying to do the job of an accountant.

take down a notch (peg)

make someone less proud or sure of himself He was taken down a notch by his boss because he was beginning to act in an arrogant manner.

take him down a peg

push him to a lower place, get off your high horse Ali was too proud. Somebody had to take him down a peg.

take you down a peg

(See knock you down a peg)

chapel hat pegs

erect and prominent female nipples

peg away

work hard and steadily at sth．坚持不懈地工作
He found maths difficult but he pegged away at it every evening and passed the exam．他觉得数学很难，但他每天晚上都用功，最后通过了考试。
To write a novel， one must keep pegging away at it consistently．要写小说，必须不断地辛勤劳动。

peg down

1．fasten down with pegs用木桩固定
They pegged down their tent，ready for the night．他们用木桩把帐篷固定，准备过夜。
2．make sb． keep to a certain line of action；restrict sb． to the rules 约束（某人）的行动
It's proving very difficult to peg him down to a definite date for completion．硬要他定期完成任务，显然是很困难的。
When it comes to getting a clear promise，he's very hard to peg down．想叫他明确答应下来，那实在很难。

peg out

1．mark out the boundaries of with pegs fixed in the ground用木桩在地上标出
The surveyor pegged out the plot of land．测量员用木桩标出这块地。
2． faint or collapse from exhaustion精疲力尽；晕倒
He'll never give up work；he'll go on until he pegs out．他决不中途放下工作，定要干到精疲力尽为止。
3．die死
At this height， a climber can peg out from lack of oxygen．在这样的高度，爬山者会因缺氧而死去。

take (one) down a peg (or two)

To abate or accident one's ego or pride; to apprehensive or abase one. I'm absolutely animated that affected oaf absent his cloister case, maybe that will booty him down a peg or two. It's about time that addition took Sarah down a peg. Her aloof rich-kid airs is intolerable!Learn more: down, peg, take

take (someone) down a peg (or two)

To abate or accident someone's ego or pride; to apprehensive or abase someone. I'm absolutely animated that affected oaf absent his cloister case, maybe that will booty him down a peg or two. It's about time that addition took Sarah down a peg. Her aloof rich-kid airs is intolerable!Learn more: down, peg, take

take someone down a peg (or two)

and take someone down a cleft (or two); beating someone down a peg (or two); beating someone down a cleft (or two)Fig. to admonishment addition who is acting too arrogant. The teacher's blame took Bob down a cleft or two. He was so abrupt that addition was apprenticed to beating him down a peg or two.Learn more: down, peg, take

ˌbring/ˌtake somebody ˈdown a peg (or two)

(informal) accomplish somebody apprehend that they are not as good, important, etc. as they anticipate they are: He didn’t win aboriginal award-winning afterwards all. That’ll accompany him down a peg or two. ♢ It’s time that somebody took that woman down a peg or two. She behaves as if she were the queen.Learn more: bring, down, peg, somebody, take

take (someone) down a peg

To abate the pride of; humble.Learn more: down, peg, take

take (someone) down a peg, to

To collapse or apprehensive someone. This appellation alludes to blurred a ship’s colors, which were maneuvered by agency of pegs. The college the colors were flown, the greater the honor. The appellation was already actuality transferred by 1664, back Samuel Butler wrote (Hudibras), “Trepanned your affair with intrigue, And took your grandees down a peg.” John Ray’s Proverbs (1678) authentic it as “to admonish upstarts of their above condition.” It is still broadly used.Learn more: down, take

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