30/07/2024
⚡ Phrase of the day: STEAL ONE'S THUNDER ⚡
To steal someone’s thunder means that:
🔹take credit for someone else’s work
🔹use someone else’s ideas to their own advantage
🔹take success or praise away from someone
🔹win praise by pre-empting or forestalling someone else’s attempt
🔹to take attention away from someone else
Similar sayings are “steal someone’s limelight”, "take a spotlight away from someone" or “upstage someone”.
Origin:
The origin of this phrase is attributed to an English playwright John Dennis. In 1704, he had invented a new method of creating the sound of thunder and used it in his play “Appius and Virginia”. The play was unsuccessful. Shortly afterwards, the thunder method was used in a performance of Macbeth. Dennis was not pleased and said “Damn them! They will not let my play run, but they steal my thunder.”
Example:
1️⃣ They all worked together on the project, but while submitting it, one of them stole the thunder.
2️⃣ She did not announce the news at the party because her friend was getting married and she did not want to steal her thunder.
3️⃣ Somebody stole my thunder by leaking the designs I had made on the Internet.
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