low man on the totem pole

A. I was the low man on the totem pole.

That's what happens when you're the low man on the totem pole.

"I used to be a low man on the totem pole," he said.

"I'm only low man on the totem pole around here.

The writer is still low man on the totem pole."

If that means being the low man on the totem pole for a while, so be it."

Have you got brains enough to realize that instead of being top dog you're just low man on the totem pole?"

"I'm happy being a low man on the totem pole," Jack said, cracking his knuckles.

As low man on the totem pole, Jules drew first watch, and accepted the responsibility silently.

You might've been doing well in camp, but this is just a reminder you're the low man on the totem pole.'

After the challenge, Dave knew that he was the "lowest man on the totem pole" in the tribe.

"In most work we do, as a subcontractor on a state or federal project, we're low man on the totem pole."

You're the new guy and, being low man on the totem pole, get to courier documents and drive guys like me around.

It was the first year I was on the force here, lowest man on the totem pole.

"Ellison's low man on the totem pole with a little over eighteen thousand shares.

"I'll be the low man on the totem pole," he said, adding he was worried about supporting his wife and 8-month-old son.

"We all want him to do a lot of things when he gets there, and that's pressure, especially when you're low man on the totem pole."

'If Kane is a low man on the totem pole then he wouldn't know everything.

This idea is so pervasive that it has entered into common parlance with the phrase "low man on the totem pole."

"The writer gets more money," he said, "but you're still the low man on the totem pole and you're treated basically with no respect."

"I was the lowest man on the totem pole, but everyone knew I was kind of smart," he says.

He then landed a job as a low man on the totem pole at a manufacturer named Anna Miller.

Dennis is self described as the "low man on the totem pole" as a writer for the school newspaper.

I'm-I was-junior computer operator, low man on the totem pole."

Somehow, Romeo Crennel has long remained the low man on the totem pole.