A mountain top need not be a plateau

[Olichka2]

What does it mean? In which situations do we use it?
Could you please also provide some examples?

Thank you in advance,
Olga

[Teia]

What does it mean? In which situations do we use it?
Could you please also provide some examples?

Thank you in advance,
Olga

Take a look at this :

plateau :a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.[dictionary.com]

A mountain top can be a peak which is the pointed top of a mountain or ridge or a plateau which is kind of flat area.

La Paz ,the capital of Bolivia, was settled on such a mountaineous plateau :
La Paz - Review - High Mountain Paz

[Olichka2]

Thank you teia_petrescu for your explanations.
However, I thought that this expression has a figurative meaning, hasn't it?

Any native speakers??
Thanks in advance!

[Teia]

Thank you teia_petrescu for your explanations.
However, I thought that this expression has a figurative meaning, hasn't it?

Any native speakers??
Thanks in advance!

You are welcome!

It might have a figurative meaning. I am not sure if I don`t have the whole context.

I`ll add a small correction if you don`t mind :

However, I thought that this expression has a figurative meaning, doesn't it?
or,
However, I thought that this expression had a figurative meaning, didn`t it?

Regards.

Teia

[Anglika]

There is a meaning for plateau > one has reached a level and cannot advance from it. Often met with people on diets. "I am doing the Atkins diet, and have reached a plateau. My weight hasn't changed for a week."

I think this sentence, "A mountain top need not be a plateau", is suggesting that you can always go further.

[Olichka2]

teia_petrescu: Thank you for your corrections. A rather silly mistake.
"has" is not used here as an auxiliary verb, therefore we need to use "do" to form a tag question. Is that right? Could you please provide some more examples?

Anglika: that's right! Originally this sentence has been written by someone from England on an econometrics forum. So it perfectly fits into the topic.

P.S. Corrections of the english are more than welcome! I also admit that I have difficulties with the articles!