(a (little) tin god) божок, кумир Например: I swam for my University. ...I've known too many men who were little tin gods at their University to be impressed by it. (W. S. Maugham, Complete Short Stories, A Friend in Need) — - я успешно представлял наш университет в соревнованиях по плаванию. - ...Меня этим не удивишь. я знавал немало университетских кумиров. The new little blond girl obviously looked up to him, to Frank, as if he was some sort of a tin god. (J. Jones, Some Came Running, book V, ch. LXIX) — Незнакомая девушка, маленькая блондинка, смотрела на него, Фрэнка, с восхищением, точно на божество.