To Steal Someone's Thunder (Origin)
What Is the Origin of the Saying "To Steal Someone's Thunder"?
The term "to steal someone's thunder" means to do or say something that someone else was planning to do or say. For example:- The Chancellor deliberately stole the Prime Minister's thunder by revealing the pending tax cuts on The Morning Show.
- She stole my thunder by presenting my idea to the board.
- Our engagement announcement went unnoticed because my sister told everyone that she'd just been nominated for the Nobel Science Prize. She totally stole our thunder.
Examples of Use:
- Don't steal her thunder by announcing your pregnancy at her baby shower.
- I put a lot of effort into the group presentation, but another team member stole my thunder.
- Won't I be stealing your thunder if I get engaged at your wedding?
- Mr. Dennis happened once to go to the play, when a tragedy was acted [Macbeth], in which the machinery of thunder was introduced, a new artificial method of producing which he had formerly communicated to the managers. Incensed by this circumstance, he cried out in a transport of resentment, 'That is my thunder, by God; the villains will play my thunder, but not my plays.
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