in the limelight
to be at the centre of attention
TRANSLATION
in the limelight = im Rampenlicht --- GOOGLE INDEX in the limelight: approximately 4,000,000 Google hits
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After almost 30 years IN THE LIMELIGHT, Madonna is still using crude shock tactics to generate headlines on her MDNA tour.
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Mr. McKeough’s strategy is to invest in stocks of well-established companies across the five main industry sectors and to avoid shares of companies IN THE LIMELIGHT.
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(The Scotsman)
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Mr. McKeough’s strategy is to invest in stocks of well-established companies across the five main industry sectors and to avoid shares of companies IN THE LIMELIGHT.
(The Globe and Mail)
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in the limelight
noun phrase
- at the center of attention
(McGraw Hill Dictionaries)
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Limelight (also known as calcium light) is a type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls. An intense illumination is created when an oxyhydrogen flame is directed at a cylinder of quicklime (calcium oxide).
The limelight effect was discovered in the 1820s by Goldsworthy Gurney based on his work with the "oxy-hydrogen blowpipe," credit for which is normally given to Robert Hare.
In 1825, a Scottish engineer, Thomas Drummond saw a demonstration of the effect by Michael Faraday and realized that the light would be useful for surveying. Drummond built a working version in 1826, and the device is sometimes called the Drummond Light after him.
Limelight was first used in public in the Covent Garden Theatre in London in 1837 and enjoyed widespread use in theatres around the world in the 1860s and 1870s. Limelights were employed to highlight solo performers in the same manner as modern spotlights). Limelight was replaced by electric arc lighting in the late 19th century.
Although limelights have long since been replaced by electric lighting, the term has nonetheless survived. Those in the public eye is still said to be "in the limelight."
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SYNONYMS
in the spotlight, in the public eye, centre stage, the focus of attention
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"Some celebrities will do almost anything to be in the LIMELIGHT."
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What's the missing word?
nicht mehr der Jüngste sein = L _ _ _ IN THE T _ _ _ _
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noun phrase
- at the center of attention
(McGraw Hill Dictionaries)
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Limelight (also known as calcium light) is a type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls. An intense illumination is created when an oxyhydrogen flame is directed at a cylinder of quicklime (calcium oxide).
The limelight effect was discovered in the 1820s by Goldsworthy Gurney based on his work with the "oxy-hydrogen blowpipe," credit for which is normally given to Robert Hare.
In 1825, a Scottish engineer, Thomas Drummond saw a demonstration of the effect by Michael Faraday and realized that the light would be useful for surveying. Drummond built a working version in 1826, and the device is sometimes called the Drummond Light after him.
Limelight was first used in public in the Covent Garden Theatre in London in 1837 and enjoyed widespread use in theatres around the world in the 1860s and 1870s. Limelights were employed to highlight solo performers in the same manner as modern spotlights). Limelight was replaced by electric arc lighting in the late 19th century.
Although limelights have long since been replaced by electric lighting, the term has nonetheless survived. Those in the public eye is still said to be "in the limelight."
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SYNONYMS
in the spotlight, in the public eye, centre stage, the focus of attention
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Some celebrities will do almost anything to be in the LIMELIGHT."
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QUICK, BEFORE YOU GO, TEST YOUR MEMORY !!
Do you remember yesterday's OWAD?
What's the missing word?
nicht mehr der Jüngste sein = L _ _ _ IN THE T _ _ _ _
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