Bring (one) down a peg (or two) In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "bring (one) down a peg (or two)", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Katie Anh

2022-05-10 07:05

take someone down a notch (or two) , knock someone down a peg (or two) , knock someone down a notch (or two)

Bring (one) down a peg (or two) negative spoken language verb phrase

If you bring somebody down a peg, you make them feel less proud or important.

I hope that someone will take him down a peg. His rich-kid arrogance is intolerable.

I bet that losing that match has taken him down a peg or two.

That a better player joined the team took him down a peg.

With that arrogance, he deserves to be taken down a peg.

(to be) too big for your britches

Acting and behaving like you are of great importance, but actually, you aren't

be brought low

to become poor, humble or less powerful and influential

be brought down a notch (or two)

If one is brought down a notch (or two), they are reduced their pride or ego.

take (someone) down a peg (or two)

To humiliate someone, or show someone that they are not as important as they think.

beneath (one's) dignity

If something is beneath someone’s dignity, they feel that they are too important to do it.

The verb "bring" should be conjugated with its tense.