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tall poppy syndrome

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tall poppy syndrome
n
Austral informal a tendency to disparage any person who has achieved great prominence or wealth


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Gordon understands the fear and the tall poppy syndrome that silences many nurses.
Ten years later, only someone determined to make the man a poster boy for tall poppy syndrome, could claim he was on the way out.
It's called tall poppy syndrome and, when the ascent of the ladder is followed by the slide down the snake, the fall takes place to the soundtrack of snide remarks and 'I told you sos'.
 
 
 
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