Hanging Out, perch

perch ABOVE CENTRAL PARK.

To many in the profession this aesthetic approach represented a way forward. Philip Johnson, who seemed to rule the American architectural scene from his perch as a trustee at the Museum of Modern Art, began to fete the five over lunches at the Four Seasons and black-tie dinners at the Century club. He introduced them to powerful figures in the art establishment.

Just Hanging Out Under the Bridge, in Summer’s Heat

Andrea Mohin/The New York Times

“Melt,” Noémie Lafrance’s work at the Salt Pile in Lower Manhattan, perches dancers on a wall.

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1 （鳥の）止まり木；（人・動物の）休む場所

take one's perch
（鳥が）止まる.

2 ((略式))高い場所；高い［安定した］地位

the perch of fame
名声の座

Come off your perch.
((略式))お高くとまるのはよせ.

3 ((英))パーチ.
(1) 長さの単位；5.03m.
(2) 面積の単位；25.3m².
(3) 石材の体積単位；0.7m³.

4 御者台, 運転席；（車の）連桿(れんかん).

5 《繊維》検反機.

hop ［tip over, drop off］ the perch

死ぬ.

knock a person off his perch

(1) 〈人を〉負かす, やっつける.
(2) 〈人の〉高慢の鼻をへし折る.

━━[動](自)〈鳥が〉止まり木に止まる, （…に）休む；〈人が〉座る, 落ち着く；〈植物・建物などが〉位置を占める((on, upon ...)).

━━(他)

1 〈鳥を〉（止まり木などに）止まらせる；((主に受身))〈人・物を〉（高い所に）置く, のせる((on ...))

perch oneself on a chair
いすに腰かける.

2 〈織った布を〉検反する.

perch・er

[名]木にとまる鳥.