tall poppy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A conspicuously successful person, especially one who attracts envious hostility. Australia,New-Zealand
    — 1999 June 1, Polly Schneider, Australia Unbound, CIO, page 43, Like many thriving, young Australian execs, Simpson has to be wary of being construed a “tall poppy,” a cultural label placed on people who flaunt their success, based on the idea that a poppy taller than the others gets chopped down.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tall, poppy.

词形变化

tall poppies plural

词源

A metaphor of something conspicuous that should be lopped. First use appears c. 1710.
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