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put on a pedestal

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put somebody on a pedestal
to believe that someone is perfect The way her father put her on a pedestal just made her want to behave badly.
See also: pedestal, put

put somebody/something on a pedestal
to behave as if one person is more important than others They put the local doctor on a pedestal, seldom questioning his word or his authority. Professional athletes are often put on a pedestal, and they forget that the fans pay their salaries.
Usage notes: the opposite meaning is expressed by take or knock someone off their pedestal: You know something will happen that will knock her off her pedestal.
See also: pedestal, put


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Most beautiful women rarely get this, though because their beauty attracts a lot of phony guys or guys who think these women want to be put on a pedestal.
Also, the women characters are either long-suffering, self-sacrificing mother types who are put on a pedestal, or jezebel vamps to be reviled.
That hasn't been lost on McLeish, who reckons Steve Coppell's men have been put on a pedestal above his own.
 
 
 
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