TRANSCRIPT
Hello everybody. Welcome to Ecubed. Today we’ve got a great
expression, to steal someone’s thunder. Well, you know what to steal means, to
take something, to burgle something, to be a thief. Okay? But, what about
thunder? Thunder is that noise in the sky, and then there’s a lighting, and
then there’s a rain or even snow. So, to steal someone’s thunder means to steal
their big day, their big moment. So, if I have a very important day, or a very
important moment or event. And then someone else comes, and takes the glory,
takes the spotlight, becomes the star, tries to become the prince, or the
princess, or the king, or the queen. They are stealing my thunder.
So for example. It’s my birthday, and I’m having a party. But
one of the guests, he says, today I got a promotion and I will pay for
everything. So everybody says congratulations, congratulations to him. It’s my
birthday. It’s my day. It’s not your day. Don’t steal my thunder. He’s stealing
my thunder. He’s stealing my day, my moment. He’s a bad guy. Do you know
anybody that has stolen your thunder? Who? Who? Listen to the dialogue.
A: Aren’t you inviting Amanda to the wedding?
B: No way. She always tries to steal my thunder.
A: How. Because she always tries to be the queen?
B: That’s right. That’s my day and I’m not gonna let anyone steal my thunder.
B: No way. She always tries to steal my thunder.
A: How. Because she always tries to be the queen?
B: That’s right. That’s my day and I’m not gonna let anyone steal my thunder.
That’s right. Amanda is a bad woman and she will not be
invited to the wedding because she will try to steal the thunder, try to look
more pretty, try to wear a nice dress, being so nice and ladylike. Get out of
here, Amanda. We don’t like you, Amanda because you try to steal everybody
else’s thunder. Don’t steal someone else’s thunder. Control yourself. That’s
today’s Ecubed and I will see you again tomorrow. Practice.
CHÚ Ý BÀI HỌC
Thành
ngữ “to steal someone’s thunder” có nghĩa là ăn cắp công lao của ai đó, phổng
tay trên công lao của ai đó, cướp lấy ngày trọng đại/khoảnh khắc vinh quang tuyệt
vời của một người nào đó, giành hết sự chú ý của mọi người cho người nào đó (giống
như “to steal someone’s spotlight”).