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
Flavien	fla-vee-AWN	French
Bratislava	-	Serbian
Madhava	-	Sanskrit, Hinduism
Nazzareno	-	Italian
Beniamin	-	Romanian, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Horacio	o-RAH-thyo (Spanish), o-RAH-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish