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I wish it would take more effort to put someone on pedestal, than take him from it down ... "
Albert Speer

Liliputins. What, the heck, is this?
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put someone or something up on a pedestal

on a pedestal, put (redirected from put on a pedestal)
put (someone or something) (up) on a pedestal
To believe or behave as if someone or something is perfect, wonderful, or better than others, to the extent that one is unable to see its potential flaws or faults.
I know it's easy to be smitten with a romantic partner, but it isn't healthy to put someone up on a pedestal.
Stephen has been putting classic literature on a pedestal ever since college, so he gets really judgmental of other genres he deems to be inferior.
See also: on, pedestal, put
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
on a pedestal, put
Also, set on a pedestal. Greatly admire, magnify in importance, as in Youngsters tend to put rock stars on a pedestal, forgetting that they're human. This expression alludes to the raised position of a statue on a pedestal. [Mid-1800s]
See also: on, put
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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place (someone or something) (up) on a pedestal
put (someone or something) (up) on a pedestal
put someone on a pedestal
put/set/place somebody on a pedestal
set (someone or something) (up) on a pedestal
set on a pedestal, to