"kill your heroes" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps influenced by kill your darlings.",
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      "expansion": "kill your heroes",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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            "Sentences"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Marcus O’Dair, Different Every Time: The Authorised Biography of Robert Wyatt:",
          "text": "Daevid believes the visa problem that removed him so abruptly from The Soft Machine in late August 1967 probably accelerated an inevitable split. He believes his role in the band was that of catalyst — and, as he notes, you've got to kill your heroes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Will Larson, An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management:",
          "text": "Kill your heroes, stop doing it harder.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, Linden A. Lewis, The Second Rebel, page 261:",
          "text": "My Castor: Remember what Uncle Hemlock says: \"Kill your heroes.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One should not idolize specific people (particularly celebrities), as this will distort one's perception of those one idolizes."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "sarcastic",
          "sarcastic"
        ],
        [
          "idolize",
          "idolize"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "celebrities",
          "celebrity"
        ],
        [
          "distort",
          "distort"
        ],
        [
          "perception",
          "perception"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, often sarcastic) One should not idolize specific people (particularly celebrities), as this will distort one's perception of those one idolizes."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kill your idols"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "often",
        "sarcastic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kill your heroes"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps influenced by kill your darlings.",
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      "expansion": "kill your heroes",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English imperative sentences",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrases",
        "English sarcastic terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Marcus O’Dair, Different Every Time: The Authorised Biography of Robert Wyatt:",
          "text": "Daevid believes the visa problem that removed him so abruptly from The Soft Machine in late August 1967 probably accelerated an inevitable split. He believes his role in the band was that of catalyst — and, as he notes, you've got to kill your heroes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Will Larson, An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management:",
          "text": "Kill your heroes, stop doing it harder.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, Linden A. Lewis, The Second Rebel, page 261:",
          "text": "My Castor: Remember what Uncle Hemlock says: \"Kill your heroes.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One should not idolize specific people (particularly celebrities), as this will distort one's perception of those one idolizes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sarcastic",
          "sarcastic"
        ],
        [
          "idolize",
          "idolize"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "celebrities",
          "celebrity"
        ],
        [
          "distort",
          "distort"
        ],
        [
          "perception",
          "perception"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, often sarcastic) One should not idolize specific people (particularly celebrities), as this will distort one's perception of those one idolizes."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kill your idols"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "often",
        "sarcastic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kill your heroes"
}