- tall poppies
- n plAustralian'over-achievers', persons of promi-nence. The expression originates in the 1930s when the Lang government threatened to enforce tax laws which would 'cut off the heads of the tall pop-pies'.
Contemporary slang . 2014.
tall poppies
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