2007-01-23 04:03:42 · 14 answers · asked by jane 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
took him down a peg or two
2007-01-23 04:07:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When it is said that someone is HIGH on their perch that means this person thinks he/she is better than everyone else. SO, by knocking him off his/her perch means you have just brought them down to your level. WOW what a GREAT feeling it is too.
2007-01-23 18:16:35 · answer #2 · answered by GRUMPY 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either,
he is taken aback,
or
he has been kicked off his pedastool - knocked down a peg or two.
I don't really know lol
2007-01-23 12:07:38 · answer #3 · answered by Cori 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well we would use it in the term to mean shocked him maybe stunned would be a better word, as others as said maybe to bring them down a peg or two, but more so like a verbal clip round the earhole!!
2007-01-23 12:10:44 · answer #4 · answered by suzie1968uk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you knocked the ego out of him and made him more at your own level.
Ive also heard it said knowed him down a peg
2007-01-23 12:07:43 · answer #5 · answered by mcdonald624 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're saying they brough someone back to reality. Like a certain employee that I have here who likes to threaten to leave in an attempt to get more pay. I tell him that he is free to leave anytime if he thinks he can find better pay. That let's him know that he is not as vital as he would like to think he is.
2007-01-23 12:08:33 · answer #6 · answered by Rod Rod Go 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means 'to bring someone down to earth with a bump'.
2007-01-23 12:08:41 · answer #7 · answered by Polo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was knocked off from where he was sitting.
2007-01-23 12:07:18 · answer #8 · answered by ruth4526 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Means he got fucked so hard he bleed out and fell off his seatt of glory.
2007-01-23 12:07:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brought down to earth with a mighty bump, no so cocky now, chump!
2007-01-23 12:13:59 · answer #10 · answered by Savant 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋