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tall poppy
- a person who is conspicuously successful and whose success frequently attracts envious hostility
noun: tall poppy, plural noun: tall poppies
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- 1. Australian, New Zealand informal a person who is conspicuously successful and whose success frequently attracts envious hostility this is a nation that likes to win, but it also prides itself on its tendency to cut down tall poppies
- a perceived tendency to discredit or disparage those who have achieved notable wealth or ...
Oxford Dictionary
- a perceived tendency to discredit or disparage those who have achieved notable wealth or ...
Oxford American Dictionary