放下架子

放下架子

Literally means:

put down a shelf

Actually means:

get off one's high horses stop putting on airs and become modest and unassuming

架子 refers to haughty airs.

This phrase means that a person of high status or position rids himself of the feeling of superiority and treats equally those of lower status or positions. Commendatory.

架子，比喻高傲的态度。

放下架子，指身份、地位较高的人去除高人一等的心态，平等对待身份、地位较低的人。具有褒义色彩。