put on a pedestal
To hold in very high esteem, especially to an exaggerated degree.
A group of young literary men—and one or two women—put him on a pedestal and kissed the earth before it.
pedestal
UK /ˈpɛdɪstəl/ US /ˈpɛdɪstəl/
noun 5verb 1
Definitions
noun
1
The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
2
A place of reverence or honor.
He has put his mother on a pedestal. You can't say a word against her.
But India is also where the Mahatma may have fallen furthest from the pedestal.
3
A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
4
A pillow block; a low housing.
5
An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
verb
1
To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal.
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