in the spotlight

in the spotlight
in the spotlight
1. Fig. in the beam of a spotlight, as on a stage. •

The singer was in the spotlight but the band was almost in the dark.

2. and in the limelight Fig. at the center of attention. (

Limelight

refers to an obsolete type of spotlight, and the word occurs only in this phrase.) •

John will do almost anything to get himself into the limelight.

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I love being in the spotlight.

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All elected officials spend a lot of time in the limelight.

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{adv. phr.} In the center of attention, with everybody watching what one is doing. * /It must be difficult for the President to be in the spotlight wherever he goes./ Compare: IN THE LIMELIGHT.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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