"lên voi xuống chó" meaning in Vietnamese

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally “going up as high as sitting on an elephant’s back, going down as low as a dog\"; perhaps alluding to the fact that ancient monarchs and commanders rode elephants while dogs were considered lowly animals used for guarding.",
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "vi",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lên voi xuống chó",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lên voi xuống chó",
      "name": "vi-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have ups and downs in one's life; to go from rages to riches and/or riches to rags; to move up and down the socioeconomic ladder"
      ],
      "id": "en-lên_voi_xuống_chó-vi-verb-dumzZkHo",
      "links": [
        [
          "socioeconomic",
          "socioeconomic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to have ups and downs in one's life; to go from rages to riches and/or riches to rags; to move up and down the socioeconomic ladder"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[len˧˧ vɔj˧˧ suəŋ˧˦ t͡ɕɔ˧˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[len˧˧ vɔj˧˧ suəŋ˦˧˥ t͡ɕɔ˨˩˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ləːn˧˧ vɔj˧˧ suəŋ˦˥ cɔ˦˥]",
      "tags": [
        "Hồ-Chí-Minh-City"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ləːn˧˧ jɔj˧˧ suəŋ˦˥ cɔ˦˥]",
      "tags": [
        "Hồ-Chí-Minh-City"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lên voi xuống chó"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally “going up as high as sitting on an elephant’s back, going down as low as a dog\"; perhaps alluding to the fact that ancient monarchs and commanders rode elephants while dogs were considered lowly animals used for guarding.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lên voi xuống chó",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lên voi xuống chó",
      "name": "vi-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Vietnamese lemmas",
        "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have ups and downs in one's life; to go from rages to riches and/or riches to rags; to move up and down the socioeconomic ladder"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "socioeconomic",
          "socioeconomic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to have ups and downs in one's life; to go from rages to riches and/or riches to rags; to move up and down the socioeconomic ladder"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[len˧˧ vɔj˧˧ suəŋ˧˦ t͡ɕɔ˧˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[len˧˧ vɔj˧˧ suəŋ˦˧˥ t͡ɕɔ˨˩˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ləːn˧˧ vɔj˧˧ suəŋ˦˥ cɔ˦˥]",
      "tags": [
        "Hồ-Chí-Minh-City"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ləːn˧˧ jɔj˧˧ suəŋ˦˥ cɔ˦˥]",
      "tags": [
        "Hồ-Chí-Minh-City"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lên voi xuống chó"
}