Knock down to size

“Watch it with the delirious power trips, pal,” she warned him. “Keep it up, and I'll have to knock you back down to size."

The world is untamed and untameable. Wind, rain, and lightning knock us down to size.

My experience as a minister for twenty-five years has informed me that most people have inherited from their faith tradition a gigantic Jesus of epic proportions. I am almost hesitant to knock him down to size, and if I thought he truly was coming back as a 5'1" man with unlimited powers, I would probably keep my mouth shut.