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In Aus and NZ this is known as "cutting down the tall poppy": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrom

by n4r9 2y ago

In Aus and NZ this is known as "cutting down the tall poppy": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome

lioeters 2y ago
In Japan it goes, "The nail that sticks out gets hammered." (Well not a metal "nail", but a wooden post.)
- rpmisms 2y ago
  In my section of America, it's "the loose board gets nailed", which is just enough of an innuendo to make it stick.
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