bring down a peg or two



bring somebody down a peg or two

to do something to show someone that they are not as good as they thought they were He's one of these super-confident types who really needs to be brought down a peg or two.
See also: bring, down, peg, two

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
OskarAWS-kahr (German, Polish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish
Ah-Chinese
Vidalbee-DHAHLSpanish
OndŘEj-Czech
Nicolaas-Dutch
Ishild-Ancient Germanic (Hypothetical)