pedestal

piédestal

Position où quelqu’un est très admiré et souvent considéré comme meilleur ou plus parfait qu’il ne l’est réellement.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Expressions courantes : on a pedestal, put on a pedestal

piédestal, socle

Base surélevée qui soutient une statue, un vase ou un objet semblable.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : base, stand, plinth

Expressions courantes : stone pedestal, on a pedestal, statue pedestal, marble pedestal

mettre sur un piédestal

Placer quelque chose sur un socle surélevé, ou traiter quelqu’un comme digne d’une grande admiration.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : raise, elevate

Expressions courantes : pedestal a statue, pedestal a sculpture, pedestal someone