pedestal

pedestal

Posición de gran admiración en la que se considera a alguien mejor o más perfecto de lo que realmente es.

En inglés sencillo: A position of great admiration, often treating someone as better or more perfect than they really are.

• Fans put him on a pedestal.
• She refuses to place any leader on a pedestal.
• The new biography knocked the hero off his pedestal.

Cómo se usa: put someone on a pedestal (She puts her older brother on a pedestal.); knock someone off their pedestal (The scandal knocked the actor off his pedestal.)

Expresiones frecuentes: on a pedestal, put on a pedestal

pedestal, base

Base elevada que sostiene una estatua, un jarrón u otro objeto similar.

En inglés sencillo: A raised base that supports a statue, vase, or similar object.

• The statue stands on a pedestal.
• They placed the vase on a marble pedestal.
• The museum displays each sculpture on a separate pedestal.

Sinónimos: base, stand, plinth

Expresiones frecuentes: stone pedestal, on a pedestal, statue pedestal, marble pedestal

poner en un pedestal, ensalzar

Colocar algo sobre una base elevada, o tratar a alguien como digno de gran admiración.

En inglés sencillo: To place or support something on a raised base, or treat someone as worthy of great admiration.

• They pedestaled the statue in the garden.
• Each small sculpture was pedestaled above the floor.
• The poem pedestals its hero as a model of courage.

Sinónimos: raise, elevate

Expresiones frecuentes: pedestal a statue, pedestal a sculpture, pedestal someone