“Steal someone’s thunder”
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කෙනෙකු ඉදිරියේ ක්රියා කිරීමෙන් ඔවුන්ගේ අවධානය හෝ ප්රශංසාව ඉවතට ගැනීම.
English: To take attention or praise away from someone by acting before them.
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1 / 2“He stole my thunder by announcing his promotion just before my speech.”
මගේ කතාවට කලින් ඔහුගේ උසස්වීම නිවේදනය කිරීමෙන් ඔහු මගෙන් අවධානය වෙනතකට යොමු කළා.
Use this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
He stole my thunder by announcing his promotion just before my speech.Compare with the original example
He stole my thunder by announcing his promotion just before my speech.
මගේ කතාවට කලින් ඔහුගේ උසස්වීම නිවේදනය කිරීමෙන් ඔහු මගෙන් අවධානය වෙනතකට යොමු කළා.
Write a two-line conversation using “Steal someone’s thunder”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionaryනිතර අසන ප්රශ්න
- What does "Steal someone’s thunder" mean?
- "Steal someone’s thunder" means කෙනෙකු ඉදිරියේ ක්රියා කිරීමෙන් ඔවුන්ගේ අවධානය හෝ ප්රශංසාව ඉවතට ගැනීම.
- How do you use "Steal someone’s thunder" in a sentence?
- Example: "He stole my thunder by announcing his promotion just before my speech."
- Should I interpret "Steal someone’s thunder" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.