I kept quiet about my pregnancy because Cathy was getting married, and I didn't want to steal her thunder.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
steal someone's thunder — 1. To make use of another s invention against him or her (as when John Dennis s stage thunder was used in a rival s play) 2. To rob someone of the opportunity of achieving a sensational effect by forestalling him or her • • • Main Entry: ↑steal… … Useful english dictionary
steal someone's thunder — If someone steals your thunder, they take the credit and praise for something you did … The small dictionary of idiomes
steal someone's thunder — ► steal someone s thunder win praise or attention for oneself by pre empting someone else s attempt to impress. Main Entry: ↑steal … English terms dictionary
steal someone's thunder — If someone steals your thunder, they take the credit and praise for something you did. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If you steal someone s thunder you take their idea or plan and draw attention and praise away from them by… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
steal someone's thunder — idi steal someone s thunder a) to accept credit for another s work; to misappropriate the ideas or inventions of another b) to detract from another s achievement by some action that anticipates or overshadows it; to spoil the effect of another s… … From formal English to slang
steal someone's thunder — win praise or attention for oneself by pre empting someone else s attempt to impress. → steal … English new terms dictionary
steal someone's thunder — to get attention and praise for doing something that someone else had planned to do Senator Johnson accused the President of stealing his thunder on the tax issue … English dictionary
Steal someone's thunder — If someone steals your thunder, they take the credit and praise for something you did … Dictionary of English idioms
steal — ► VERB (past stole; past part. stolen) 1) take (something) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it. 2) give or take surreptitiously or without permission: I stole a look at my watch. 3) move somewhere quietly or… … English terms dictionary
steal thunder — steal (someone s) thunder to do something that takes attention away from what someone else has done. I kept quiet about my pregnancy because Cathy was getting married, and I didn t want to steal her thunder … New idioms dictionary
