Tall poppy syndrome
Posted by Bruce Kahl on August 09, 2001
In Reply to: Phrase/idiom meanings, derivations/origins posted by Natalie Sher on August 08, 2001
Tall poppy syndrome
If you tend to your garden and are successful in growing some flowers
you will take the tallest, strongest specimen, cut it down and bring
it indoors to be displayed.
It is also a tendency in some cultures to attack and "cut down"
visibly successful people.
As long as diversity of values exists, there will always be people criticizing those icons that are held up as the "model" that we should inspire to be like.
- Tall poppy syndrome R. Berg
08/09/01
- Poppies: correction--ignore previous version R. Berg 08/09/01