low on the totem pole

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least important He's the low man on the totem pole here. AIDS deaths are low on the totem pole compared with cancer and heart disease.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of totem pole (a wooden pole with images of people and animals cut or painted on it)

See also: low, pole, totem

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