[Ads-l] tall-poppy syndrome

[Bill Mullins]

The book A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms by G. A. Wilkes has a number of related cites going back to 1931:

https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofaust0000wilk_d6c4/page/260/mode/1up?q=%22tall+poppy%22+%22cut+down%22


The figure of speech goes back to the Roman king Tarquin the Proud (534-510 BC).

https://wordhistories.net/2018/11/12/tall-poppy-origin/




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