Liliputin -5106

Reaching new heights* comes with some pitfalls** ... "
Icarus***

Liliputins. What, the heck, is this?
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Footnotes:
Reaching new heights*
"Reaching (achieving) new heights" is an expression used to describe overcoming obstacles, achieving successes, and reaching one's own unique goals. It could be used to talk about a personal or professional milestone, or any kind of success that was hard-won and rewarding. The phrase is a way of reaching higher than one might have thought possible before. It can also be used to describe achieving more success or improvement than ever before.

pitfalls**
pitfall
a hidden or unsuspected danger or difficulty.
a covered pit used as a trap.

Similar and Opposite Words:
hazard
danger
risk
peril
difficulty
issue
problem
catch
snag
stumbling block
disadvantage
drawback
mousetrap

Opposite:
benefit
advantage


Icarus***

In Greek mythology, Icarus was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the architect of the labyrinth of Crete. After Theseus, king of Athens and enemy of Minos, escaped from the labyrinth, King Minos suspected that Icarus and Daedalus had revealed the labyrinth's secrets and imprisoned them—either in a large tower overlooking the ocean or the labyrinth itself, depending upon the account. Icarus and Daedalus escaped using wings Daedalus constructed from feathers, threads from blankets, clothes, and beeswax. Daedalus warned Icarus first of complacency and then of hubris, instructing him to fly neither too low nor too high, lest the sea's dampness clog his wings or the sun's heat melt them. Icarus ignored Dedalus's instructions not to fly too close to the sun, causing the beeswax in his wings to melt. Icarus fell from the sky, plunged into the sea, and drowned. The myth gave rise to the idiom, "fly too close to the sun."