LOW ON THE TOTEM POLE

Meaning of LOW ON THE TOTEM POLE in English

ordinary worker, not a manager or boss

If you want to understand the real problems, talk to the workers - people who are low on the totem pole.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

ON
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOTEM — (tó-) n totem
Interlingua English vocab
TOTEM — noun Etymology: Ojibwa ototeman his ~ Date: circa 1776 1. an object (as an animal or plant) serving as the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) bisj pole North Pole pole construction pole vault {{link=South Pole">South Pole totem pole
Английский словарь Британика
POLE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOW — I. ˈlō noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hlāw, hlǣw — more at law archaic : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOTEM — ˈtōd.əm, ˈtōtəm noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Ojibwa ototeman his totem 1. a. : an animal, plant, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOTEM — (n.) A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a …
Английский словарь Webster
POLE — (n.) A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose …
Английский словарь Webster
TOTEM — ( n. ) A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POLE — ( n. ) A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOTEM — — totemic /toh tem"ik/ , adj. — totemically , adv. /toh"teuhm/ , n. 1. a natural object or an animate …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POLE — pole 1 — poleless , adj. /pohl/ , n. , v. , poled, poling . n. 1. a long, cylindrical, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOW — low 1 — lowish , adj. — lowness , n. /loh/ , adj., lower, lowest , adv., lower, lowest , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOTEM — n. sacred emblem, representation of sacred object revered by clans and tribes
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POLE — I. ˈpōl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pāl stake, pole, from Latin palus stake; akin to Latin pangere …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOW — I. ˈlō intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English loowen, from Old English hlōwan; akin to Old High German hluoen to moo, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOTEM — noun Etymology: Ojibwa oto·te·man his totem Date: circa 1776 1. a. : an object (as an animal or plant) serving …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOTEM — noun a rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the north american indians as a …
Webster English vocab
POLE — noun the firmament; the sky. 2. pole ·noun ·see polarity, and polar, ·noun. 3. pole ·vt to stir, as molten …
Webster English vocab
LOW
Webster English vocab
TOTEM — [ 'təʊtəm ] ■ noun a natural object or animal believed by a particular society to have spiritual significance and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TOTEM — [to.tem] n [Ojibwa ototeman his totem] (ca. 1776) 1 a: an object (as an animal or plant) serving as the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POLE
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOW — [low] vi [ME loowen, fr. OE hlowan; akin to OHG hluoen to moo, L calare to call, summon, Gk kalein] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TOTEM — totem BrE AmE ˈtəʊt əm AmE \ ˈtoʊt̬- ▷ totem|ism ˌɪz ə m ▷ totem|s z ▶ ˈ totem pole …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LOW — low, Low BrE AmE ləʊ AmE loʊ (= lo) ▷ lowed ləʊd AmE loʊd ▷ lower ˈləʊ ə AmE ˈloʊ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TOTEM — / ˈtəʊtəm; NAmE ˈtoʊ-/ noun an animal or other natural object that is chosen and respected as a special symbol …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POLE — / pəʊl; NAmE poʊl/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. a long thin straight piece of wood or metal, especially …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOW — / ləʊ; NAmE loʊ/ adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective ( lower , low·est ) NOT HIGH …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOTEM — to ‧ tem /ˈtəʊtəm $ ˈtoʊ-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: Ojibwa ; Origin: ototeman 'his …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POLE — I. pole 1 W3 /pəʊl $ poʊl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1: Language: Old English ; Origin: pal …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LOW — I. low 1 S1 W1 /ləʊ $ loʊ/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative lower , superlative lowest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOTEM — n. 1 a natural object, esp. an animal, adopted by North American Indians as an emblem of a clan or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POLE — n. 1 (in full north pole, south pole) a each of the two points in the celestial sphere about which …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a long slender rounded piece of wood or metal, esp. with the end placed in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOW — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 of less than average height; not high or tall or reaching far up (a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOTEM — n. 1 a natural object, esp. an animal, adopted by North American Indians as an emblem of a clan or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POLE — n. & v. n. 1 a long slender rounded piece of wood or metal, esp. with the end placed in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOW — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 of less than average height; not high or tall or reaching far up (a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOTEM — n.1 a natural object, esp. an animal, adopted by North American Indians as an emblem of a clan or an …
Oxford English vocab
POLE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a long slender rounded piece of wood or metal, esp. with the end placed …
Oxford English vocab
LOW — 1. adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. of less than average height; not high or tall or reaching far up …
Oxford English vocab
TOTEM — ( totems) 1. In some societies, a family’s totem is the particular animal, plant, or natural object which they regard …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOW — ( lower, lowest, lows) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOTEM — (~s) 1. In some societies, a family’s ~ is the particular animal, plant, or natural object which they regard as …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TOTEM — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES totem pole COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN animal ▪ The wolf has always been a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a curtain rail/pole/rod (= a long stick for hanging a curtain ) ▪ Velvet …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LOW
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOTEM — [noun] [C] - an object which is respected by a group of people, esp. for religious reasonsTelevision is sometimes seen …
Cambridge English vocab
LOW — (SMALL IN AMOUNT) [adjective] -er, -est - small in size, number, value or amount, or of not good qualityTemperatures are …
Cambridge English vocab
POLE — n. bisj pole North Pole pole construction pole vault Pole Reginald South Pole totem pole
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TOTEM — Synonyms and related words : allegory, ancestral spirits, angel, animal kingdom, ashram, attendant godling, blood, body, breed, brood, caste, charactery, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
POLE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOW
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOW — n. high and low lay low low cost low down low grade low key low keyed low pressure low priced …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LOW — See ↑ BRIGHT 4, ↑ LITTLE 1, ↑ LOW 1,2,3, ↑ QUIET 3, ↑ SMALL 3, ↑ VOICE 4 ◆◆◆ …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOW — INDEX: 1. not high or not far off the ground 2. a low sound/voice etc 3. a low temperature/level/rate/cost RELATED …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOW — n. 25B6; adjective a low fence : SHORT, small, little; squat, stubby, stunted, dwarf; shallow. she was wearing a low …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOW — adj. 1 short, squat, little, small, stubby, stumpy, stunted; low-lying The terrain has many low shrubs, not more than two …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TOTEM — motet
Anagrams English vocabulary

English Idioms vocabulary

← LOW LOW-BALL HIM→