Idiom
silver screen
Meaning
Movies, or that which is related to movies or cinema.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She dreams of acting on the silver screen.”
“His grandfather was a famous star of the silver screen in the 1950s.”
“Though she had built a respectable career in theatre, the young actress still longed to see her face illuminated on the silver screen.”
Examples
simple
“She dreams of acting on the silver screen.”
contextual
“His grandfather was a famous star of the silver screen in the 1950s.”
complex
“Though she had built a respectable career in theatre, the young actress still longed to see her face illuminated on the silver screen.”
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