put on a pedestal

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put sb on a pedestal
to believe that someone is perfect
Compare knock [someone] off [their] pedestal at knock (HIT).

[TahlilGaran] Advanced Learner's Dictionary

put on a pedestal
put (someone) on a pedestal
to believe that someone is perfect.
The way her father put her on a pedestal just made her want to behave badly.

put (someone/something) on a pedestal
to behave as if one person is more important than others.
They put the local doctor on a pedestal, seldom questioning his word or his authority.

Professional athletes are often put on a pedestal, and they forget that the fans pay their salaries.

Usage notes: the opposite meaning is expressed by take or knock someone off their pedestal:
You know something will happen that will knock her off her pedestal.

put (someone/something) on a pedestal
to behave as if one person is more important than others.
They put the local doctor on a pedestal, seldom questioning his word or his authority.

Professional athletes are often put on a pedestal, and they forget that the fans pay their salaries.

Usage notes: the opposite meaning is expressed by take or knock someone off their pedestal:
You know something will happen that will knock her off her pedestal.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary

put something on a pedestal
put (someone/something) on a pedestal
to behave as if one person is more important than others.
They put the local doctor on a pedestal, seldom questioning his word or his authority.

Professional athletes are often put on a pedestal, and they forget that the fans pay their salaries.

Usage notes: the opposite meaning is expressed by take or knock someone off their pedestal:
You know something will happen that will knock her off her pedestal.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary

put on a pedestal
to respect/admire/worship a person
My father used to put my mother on a pedestal when I was young.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary

put someone on a pedestal
put (someone) on a pedestal
to believe that someone is perfect.
The way her father put her on a pedestal just made her want to behave badly.

put (someone/something) on a pedestal
to behave as if one person is more important than others.
They put the local doctor on a pedestal, seldom questioning his word or his authority.

Professional athletes are often put on a pedestal, and they forget that the fans pay their salaries.

Usage notes: the opposite meaning is expressed by take or knock someone off their pedestal:
You know something will happen that will knock her off her pedestal.

put (someone/something) on a pedestal
to behave as if one person is more important than others.
They put the local doctor on a pedestal, seldom questioning his word or his authority.

Professional athletes are often put on a pedestal, and they forget that the fans pay their salaries.

Usage notes: the opposite meaning is expressed by take or knock someone off their pedestal:
You know something will happen that will knock her off her pedestal.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary

put someone on a pedestal
to respect/admire/worship a person
My father used to put my mother on a pedestal when I was young.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary


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