luci della ribalta
Italian
Etymology
Literally, “lights of the forestage”.
Noun
luci della ribalta f pl (plural only)
- (theater) footlights
- (figuratively, by extension) limelight
- 2020, Barack Obama, Chicca Galli; Paolo Lucca; Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
- Aveva uno stile vecchio stampo, amava le luci della ribalta e non sempre era consapevole di sé.
- He had an old-school style, loved the limelight and was not always self-conscious.
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