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What do we mean by "to steal someone's thunder"?

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Question ajoutée par joeffrey dones , Database Support Analyst 2 , IMS HEalth
Date de publication: 2014/08/28

to do what someone else was going to do before they do it, especially if this takes success or praise away from them

Haseeb Khalid
par Haseeb Khalid , Sales and Promotion Manager. , Medi Urge

"Stealing someone's thunder" means to take credit from someone else's work or accomplishments to your own benefit. 

Robert Rosenthal
par Robert Rosenthal , English and history teacher , LFI - AFLEC

The phrase comes from the English stage.  An actor-manager had invented a machine to produce the sound of thunder.  (An earlier solution was to roll dried peas around on a drum.)  His play closed, and he was outraged when he attended a production of Macbeth and heard his machine being used.  According to legend, he stood up and shouted ‘Damn them! They will not let my play run, but they steal my thunder.’

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/12/stealing-someones-thunder/

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par Utilisateur supprimé

To take credit for someone else's efforts.

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