steal someone's thunder
- Nghĩa tiếng Việt
- Cướp công
- Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
- To take credit or attention that rightfully belongs to someone else.
Ví dụ: Announcing his engagement at her party really stole her thunder.

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Thành ngữ về thời tiết dùng để diễn tả áp lực và khó khăn, với các cụm như snowed under, steal someone's thunder và the tip of the iceberg.

Ví dụ: Announcing his engagement at her party really stole her thunder.

Ví dụ: After being late three times, he's on thin ice with his manager.

Ví dụ: I've been completely snowed under with paperwork this week.

Ví dụ: The donation was generous, but it's a drop in the ocean compared to the total cost.

Ví dụ: As the scandal grew, the young manager found herself in the eye of the storm.

Ví dụ: He resigned under a cloud after the financial scandal.

Ví dụ: I can't make dinner tonight — can I take a rain check?

Ví dụ: He walked in with a face like thunder after losing the match.

Ví dụ: The complaints we've heard are just the tip of the iceberg.

Ví dụ: The press got wind of the merger before it was announced.

Ví dụ: The boiler, the car and then the roof: it never rains but it pours.

Ví dụ: Two days in bed and he was right as rain.

Ví dụ: They did a whirlwind tour of four countries in nine days.

Ví dụ: He rebuilt on the same spot, believing lightning never strikes twice.

Ví dụ: The winds of change reached that department about ten years late.

Ví dụ: Two extra staff were not going to stem the tide of complaints.
