knock (someone) down a peg (or two)

To reduce or damage someone's ego or pride; to humble or humiliate someone. I'm really glad that pompous oaf lost his court case—maybe that will knock him down a peg or two. It's about time that someone knocked Sarah down a peg. Her snotty arrogance is intolerable!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Magda	MAHK-dah (German), MAHKH-dah (Dutch), MAHG-dah (Polish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Polish, Croatian, Romanian, Portuguese
Lakshmi	LUKSH-mee (Hinduism)	Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Hindi
Haukea	-	Hawaiian
DŨNg	-	Vietnamese
Gretta	GRET-ə	English
Judd	JUD (English)	English, Medieval English