2007-01-25 08:09:48 · 5 answers · asked by Student 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
An example would be an actor who played a role unusually magnificently and would be hard put to repeat the performance in his next role, but would be judged by that standard. Ditto an author of a wonderfully excellent novel. He might never be able to come up with another novel that would reach that standard. So he will have trouble putting out a good, rather than excellent, novel, since his readership would be dissatisfied when comparing it to the excellent one.
2007-01-25 14:53:55 · answer #1 · answered by fredshouse.geo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means the person (or it.... organization) did very well on an endeavor in the past. Unfortunatley they were unable to carry that success and continue doing well & many times ultimatley failing.
2007-01-25 16:19:28 · answer #2 · answered by dharp66 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me it means that now he/she/it will be held up to a higher set of standards now. In order to be seen as a success now, they will have to not only maintain the prior level...but exceed it.
Kind of like the auto companies. It's not enough to just make a profit, the profit has to continually exceed the prior year's profit (for the shareholders to stay happy). And now look at the trouble its in.
2007-01-25 16:19:30 · answer #3 · answered by LolaCorolla 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its like when m&m came out and sold a gazzillion albums and now will never be able to top that feat much less stay relevant . I hope Im wrong his anger used to motivate me
2007-01-26 00:29:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you've done well in the past people come to expect nothing less of you and may be dissappointed if you fail to come up with results constantly.
2007-01-25 16:37:22 · answer #5 · answered by Yo Mum Mum 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋