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Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | | English term or phrase: idiom or saying | I am desperately looking for an English idiom or saying for a situation when hard work is done by a person but his companion or competitor succeeds in getting the fruits of this hard work and the former poor fellow just gets nothing for his toil and efforts. I could not locate a befitting idiom, hence seeking your help.
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| | | steal someone's thunder | Explanation:
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Idiom: steal someone\'s thunder
To present or use someone else\'s idea, plan, etc as one\'s own, thereby diverting attention from them and then wallow in the ensuing praise, adulation, etc.
Included in link - to steal a march on someone, also |
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jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:50
| Grading comment Thanks to all of you. In fact, none of the suggestions is competent enough to replace the above expression. I think the linguistic and cultural gap between two languages is primarily responsible for absence of a similar idiom/saying in a different language. Anyway, this answer has got maximum number of agrees so she deserves to be rewarded. I am sincerely grateful to all other answers who have taken pains to help me in this respect.
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4 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +12 steal someone's thunder
Explanation:
is a possibility
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Note added at 5 mins (2004-07-15 17:56:22 GMT)
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Idiom: steal someone\'s thunder
To present or use someone else\'s idea, plan, etc as one\'s own, thereby diverting attention from them and then wallow in the ensuing praise, adulation, etc.
Included in link - to steal a march on someone, also
Reference: http://www.allwords.com/word-steal.html
| jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:50
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 20
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| | Grading comment | Thanks to all of you. In fact, none of the suggestions is competent enough to replace the above expression. I think the linguistic and cultural gap between two languages is primarily responsible for absence of a similar idiom/saying in a different language. Anyway, this answer has got maximum number of agrees so she deserves to be rewarded. I am sincerely grateful to all other answers who have taken pains to help me in this respect. |
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