正好挫挫他的威风
“It's a good chance to take him down a peg.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
正好 挫挫他的威风
“It's a good chance to take him down a peg.”
哪有那么简单的
“It's not that simple.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In hierarchical or competitive environments, when an individual displays excessive pride, colleagues or superiors deliberately seize moments of vulnerability to knock them down a peg and restore balance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
deflate someone's arrogance; bring someone down a peg
Used idiomatically when someone is acting overly domineering and needs to be taught humility.