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place in the sun
Idioms and Phrases
A dominant or favorable position or situation, as in The Nobel prizewinners really enjoyed their place in the sun . This term may have been coined about 1660 by the French philosopher Blaise Pascal but became well known only in the late 1800s, when it was applied to Germany's position in world affairs, especially concerning its desire for more lands.Example Sentences
He and his team built five city blocks of Wisborg, constructing it in so many layers that an early shot of Thomas rushing through the streets is almost dizzying for how much is contained in the frame: hordes of hurrying pedestrians, bustling merchants, multiple beasts of burden, all competing for a place in the sun.
But the adult dramas she made, like “Butterfield 8,†“Raintree County†and “A Place in the Sun,†were not so much my cup of tea then, and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen her breakout roles as a kid actor in “Lassie Come Home†and “National Velvet.â€
Irwin first presented A Place in the Sun in 2004, and began hosting BBC One's Escape to the Country in 2010.
After telling the bosses of A Place in the Sun he had cancer, Irwin said the network dropped him from the show.
TV presenter Jonnie Irwin, who appeared on property shows Escape to the Country and A Place in the Sun, has died.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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