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Tall-poppy
Tall-poppy
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(Australia, New Zealand) A conspicuously
successful
person, especially one who attracts envious
hostility
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noun
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Origin of tall-poppy
A
metaphor
of something conspicuous that should be
lopped
. Australian from 1902.
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