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Height you earn, not height you're measured for.
means The level of respect or importance someone has earned through their achievements or standing, as well as, literally, how tall they are.
from From Latin 'statura' ('height, size'), rooted in 'stare' ('to stand'). It entered English through Old French in the medieval period, originally describing just physical height — the figurative sense of earned standing or reputation grew out of that literal meaning over time, as if respect were something that made a person stand taller.
- origin
- latin statura, literally how tall you stand
- irony
- short people can have plenty of it
- usage shift
- now means respect more than inches
- napoleon
- actually average height, never lived it down