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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
pedal stool
Don’t place others on a pedal stool, while you view yourself as insignificant.
I get this phrase in a TEDx lecture. I just write it down per the pronunciation of the speaker. Then I search the online dictionary and I find this example sentence.
Could you tell me what it means?
I get this phrase in a TEDx lecture. I just write it down per the pronunciation of the speaker. Then I search the online dictionary and I find this example sentence.
Could you tell me what it means?
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pedestal is a platform/base for raising something high up (like a statue) To put someone on a pedestal means to place them 'high up', making them higher than they should be, and not recognising their shortcomings when their shortcomings make them more your equals. Do a google image search for pedestal d
- pedestal is a platform/base for raising something high up (like a statue) To put someone on a pedestal means to place them 'high up', making them higher than they should be, and not recognising their shortcomings when their shortcomings make them more your equals.
- Do a google image search for pedestal d
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pedestal is a platform/base for raising something high up (like a statue)
To put someone on a pedestal means to place them 'high up', making them higher than they should be, and not recognising their shortcomings when their shortcomings make them more your equals.
Do a google image search for pedestal
d
To put someone on a pedestal means to place them 'high up', making them higher than they should be, and not recognising their shortcomings when their shortcomings make them more your equals.
Do a google image search for pedestal
d
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