for example, there is a common belief that the least important symbols are at the bottom and the most important at the top, as illustrated by the phrase about being “the low man on the totem pole.”

여기서 phrase까지 해석잘됐는데 about being 어떻게 해석처리하나요?
being나오면 항상 떄려맞는기분입니다..ㅠㅠ