- put someone on a pedestal
- to admire or love someone so much that you believe they have no faults
He had a tendency to put women on a pedestal.
English dictionary. 2014.
put someone on a pedestal
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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 … New idioms dictionary
put someone on a pedestal — If you put someone on a pedestal, you admire them greatly, idolise them … The small dictionary of idiomes
put someone on a pedestal — IDEALIZE, lionize, look up to, respect, hold in high regard, think highly of, admire, esteem, revere, worship. → pedestal * * * put someone on a pedestal phrase to admire or love someone so much that you believe they have no faults He had a… … Useful english dictionary
put someone 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… … New 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… … New idioms dictionary
knock (someone) off (their) pedestal — put (someone) on a pedestal to believe that someone is perfect. This recent scandal has really knocked the President off his pedestal. (= shown people that he is not perfect) … New idioms 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 … New idioms dictionary
pedestal — 1560s, base supporting a column, statue, etc., from M.Fr. piédestal (1540s), from It. piedistallo base of a pillar, from pie foot + di of + stallo stall, place, seat, from a Germanic source (see STALL (Cf. stall) (n.1). Spelling in English influe … Etymology dictionary
pedestal — ped|es|tal [ pedıstl ] noun count a base on which something such as a STATUE stands knock someone off their pedestal to show that someone who is very successful or admired or loved very much has faults like everyone else put someone on a pedestal … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pedestal — [[t]pe̱dɪst(ə)l[/t]] pedestals 1) N COUNT A pedestal is the base on which something such as a statue stands. ...a larger than life sized bronze statue on a granite pedestal. 2) N COUNT If you put someone on a pedestal, you admire them very much… … English dictionary
