low on the totem pole
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派生自totem pole,印第安人所做的图腾柱,这种柱子从下到上常刻有几个图案。上下顺序曾被非印第安人误认为是按地位的高低排列的。
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- (常冒犯,俗語) 低级的,较低贱的,地位较低的
- 1965, 7th of April, Washington Observer, King Defends Alabama Boycott, Answers Critics
- Gaston said, however, that the boycott would not substantially affect Negroes because they are "so low on the totem pole."
- 1965, 7th of April, Washington Observer, King Defends Alabama Boycott, Answers Critics