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用中文说: "Steal Someone's Thunder"

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用中文说: "Steal Someone's Thunder"

Steal Someone's Thunder

【中文】抢某人的风头

Qiǎng mǒu rén de fēngtóu

【解释】To take the attention away from someone else, by doing something similar to what they are doing but only better.

【例句】

- Translate for big ego person can be risky. Once I thought I did a very good job but he thought I had stolen his thunder.

为自我意识强的人当翻译是有风险的。有一次我对自己的工作表现很满意，他却觉得我抢了他的风头。

Wèi zìwǒ yìshí qiáng de rén dāng fānyì shì yǒu fēngxiǎn de. Yǒu yīcì wǒ duì zìjǐ de gōngzuò biǎoxiàn hěn mǎnyì, tā què juédé wǒ qiǎngle tā de fēngtóu.

- The supporting actress obviously stole the leading actress' thunder. Poor casting!

女配角明显抢了主角的风头，演员选错了!

Nǚ pèijué míngxiǎn qiǎng le zhǔjué de fēngtóu, yǎnyuán xuǎn cuòle!