Example
“A seven-year-old violinist stole the show at the charity concert.”
Dictionary details
Related idioms
Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
steal someone's thunder
CEFR C1to take attention away from someone's achievement by doing or announcing the same thing first
Neutral
show someone the door
CEFR B2to dismiss someone or make it clear that they must leave
Neutral
make a splash
CEFR B2to attract considerable public attention by doing something impressive or notable
Neutral
a piece of cake
CEFR A2Something that is very easy to do.
Informal
keep an eye on
CEFR A2to watch or look after someone or something carefully, often to make sure nothing goes wrong
Neutral
so far so good
CEFR A2used to say that things have gone well up to now
Informal
Source methodology
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