一日一成语【231】the high-ups 高级官员，要人

the high-ups
[俗]高级官员，要人

It is respectable to be one of the high-ups in the government, but it is no good trying to reach the goal by all means.
成为政府机要部门的一员是很体面的事，可是为达到此目的而不择手段则太不足取。

注解：
high意指高级的，up意指向上的；the high-ups系指位置居上方的，喻指上层人物。