BRING / TAKE SB DOWN A PEG (OR TWO)


Meaning of BRING / TAKE SB DOWN A PEG (OR TWO) in English

to make sb realize that they are not as good, important, etc. as they think they are :

He needed to be taken down a peg or two.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.