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Phrase(s): *on a pedestal
Fig. elevated to a position of honor or reverence. (Alludes to honoring someone on display on a pedestal like a statue. *Typically: place someone ~; put someone ~.) • He puts his wife on a pedestal. She can do no wrong in his opinion. • I was just doing my job. There is no point in placing me on a pedestal!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs