Idiom
day in the sun
Meaning
A time of glory or ascendancy.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Everyone deserves their day in the sun at least once.”
“After years of working in the background, the talented actor finally had his day in the sun when he won the award.”
“The underdog athlete waited patiently for years, knowing that if he remained disciplined, he would eventually have his day in the sun.”
Examples
simple
“Everyone deserves their day in the sun at least once.”
contextual
“After years of working in the background, the talented actor finally had his day in the sun when he won the award.”
complex
“The underdog athlete waited patiently for years, knowing that if he remained disciplined, he would eventually have his day in the sun.”
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