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Αγγλική ιδιωματική έκφραση, συνώνυμο του epitome:

poster child
noun
North American
A person or thing that epitomizes or represents a specified quality, cause, etc.
the antiglobalization movement’s poster child
she’s the poster child for cosmetic surgery
the poster child of gluten-free grains, quinoa is a wonderful light, fluffy grain
 

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The three small Baltic republics are poster-children for austerity advocates. They all boomed thanks to a flood of cheap money from Scandinavian banks which ignited a real-estate bubble. Once the crisis hit, the advice from the International Monetary Fund was to unpeg their currencies from the euro and devalue. All three refused — choosing instead to regain competitiveness by slashing wages and social benefits.
http://www.politico.eu/article/berl...ck-for-greece-grexit-default-debt-referendum/
 
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