词汇 | make someone feel small |
释义 | Idiom make someone feel smallmake (someone) feel small to say something which makes someone feel not important or stupid.As a manager you have to be able to criticize people but you don't want to make them feel small. make (one) feel smallTo make one feel insignificant, unimportant, or unintelligent. I always despised the way she made me feel small while we were married. The teacher had a nasty habit of making his students feel very small if they gave an incorrect answer in class. make someone feel smallIf someone makes you feel small, they deliberately say or do something which makes you feel stupid, especially in front of other people. I felt she was trying to make me feel small because that's the only way she knew to make herself feel better. When your children misbehave, tell them without making them feel small. |
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