peg Идиома
down a peg
knock you down a peg
square peg in a round hole
take down a notch (peg)
take him down a peg
take you down a peg
chapel hat pegs
peg away
He found maths difficult but he pegged away at it every evening and passed the exam．他觉得数学很难，但他每天晚上都用功，最后通过了考试。
To write a novel， one must keep pegging away at it consistently．要写小说，必须不断地辛勤劳动。
peg down
They pegged down their tent，ready for the night．他们用木桩把帐篷固定，准备过夜。
2．make sb． keep to a certain line of action；restrict sb． to the rules 约束（某人）的行动
It's proving very difficult to peg him down to a definite date for completion．硬要他定期完成任务，显然是很困难的。
When it comes to getting a clear promise，he's very hard to peg down．想叫他明确答应下来，那实在很难。
peg out
The surveyor pegged out the plot of land．测量员用木桩标出这块地。
2． faint or collapse from exhaustion精疲力尽；晕倒
He'll never give up work；he'll go on until he pegs out．他决不中途放下工作，定要干到精疲力尽为止。
3．die死
At this height， a climber can peg out from lack of oxygen．在这样的高度，爬山者会因缺氧而死去。
take sb down a peg or two
Idiom(s): take someone down a peg (or two) AND take someone down a notch (or two)Theme: SCOLDING
to reprimand someone who is acting too arrogant.
• The teacher's scolding took Bob down a notch or two.
• He was so rude that someone was bound to take him down a peg or two.
make sb the scapegoat for
Idiom(s): make sb the scapegoat for sthTheme: BLAME
to make someone take the blame for something.
• They made Tom the scapegoat for the whole affair. It wasn't all his fault.
• Don't try to make me the scapegoat. I'll tell who really did it.
peg away at
Idiom(s): plug away (at something) AND peg away (at something)Theme: WORK
to keep trying something; to keep working at something.
• John kept pegging away at the trumpet until he became pretty good at it.
• I'm not very good at it, but I keep plugging away.
All my eye and Peggy Martin
(UK) An idiom that appears to have gone out of use but was prevalent in the English north Midlands of Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire from at least the turn of the 20th century until the early 1950s or so. The idiom's meaning is literally something said or written that is unbelievable, rumor, over embellished, the result of malicious village gossip etc.Take someone down a peg
If someone is taken down a peg (or taken down a peg or two), they lose status in the eyes of others because of something they have done wrong or badly.Scapegoat
Someone else who takes the blame.a square peg in a round hole
something that doesn't fit: "He shouldn't be the boss - it would be like a square peg in a round hole."peg away|peg
v. To work methodically, industriously, or steadily Thomson pegged away for years at a shoe repair business. Jones kept pegging away, and finally recognition came.square peg in a round hole|hole|peg|round hole|squ
n., informal A person who does not fit into a job or position; someone who does not belong where he is. Arthur is a square peg in a round hole when he is playing ball. George likes to work with his hands. When it comes to books, he's a square peg in a round hole.
Sometimes used in a short formtake down a notch|notch|peg|take|take down|take do
v. phr., informal To make (someone) less proud or sure of himself. The team was feeling proud of its record, but last week the boys were taken down a peg by a bad defeat.peg
pegIn addition to the idiom beginning with peg, also see square peg in a round hole; take down a notch.
round peg in a square hole
round peg in a square holesee square peg in a round hole.
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