"Knock him off his pedestal" nghĩa là gì?


"Knock someone off their pedestal" có pedestal là bệ đặt tượng -> cụm từ này nghĩa là khiến ai mất đi vị trí dẫn đầu/nổi bật; nghĩa khác là làm nhục ai, khiến họ mất mặt, xấu hổ.

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Young's record isn't within striking (tấn công) distance for any current player on the 49ers roster, even though he thinks one sack artist can eventually knock him off his pedestal. 

Some consider Jefferson ownership of slaves as reason enough to knock him off his pedestal, as it's seen as a symbol of the oppression (áp bức) and degradation (giảm phẩm chất) of millions of people.
 
Willie is the man. Willie is the daddy. And for me to be talked about in the same breath as Willie is something else. To be leading Willie Mullins going into Punchestown was never something I thought would happen. Willie has brought it to the next level and it is up to the rest of us to keep up with him and try to knock him off his pedestal.

It’ll be serious business for Bolt come Sunday night, though, with plenty of competitors keen to knock him off his pedestal. The most likely sprint star to do so is the United States’ Justin Gatlin, who isn’t quite as popular with the neutral; he served a four-year ban (lệnh cấm) from 2006 after testing positive for performance-enhancing (tăng cường sinh lực) substances.

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