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low on the totem pole
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low on the totem pole
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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