口語課堂第76期:搶別人風頭
Steal sb's thunder: spoil sb's attempt to surprise or impress, by doing sth first 搶在某人前頭,搶先做,搶某人功勞
He had planned to tell everyone about his discovery at the September meeting, but his assistant stole his thunder by talking about it beforehand.
他原本計劃在9月份的會議上向大家宣佈他的發現,可是他的助手卻搶先說了這件事.
Upstage: to say or do something that makes people notice you more than the person that they should be interested in 搶...的鏡頭;把對...的注意吸引過來
She was furious at being upstaged by her younger sister. 她被妹妹搶去風頭,感到氣憤不已.
