“Steal someone’s thunder”
Relationships定義
搶在別人前面行事，奪走別人的注意力或讚美。
English: To take attention or praise away from someone by acting before them.
例句
範例
1 / 2“He stole my thunder by announcing his promotion just before my speech.”
在我演講之前，他宣布了他升職的消息，轉移了人們對我的注意力。
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.
在我演講之前，他宣布了他升職的消息，轉移了人們對我的注意力。
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 dictionary常見問題
- What does "Steal someone’s thunder" mean?
- "Steal someone’s thunder" means 搶在別人前面行事，奪走別人的注意力或讚美。.
- 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.