| 单词 | to get over the footlights |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get over the footlights d. U.S. to get over the footlights: = to get across at Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1915 Munsey's Mag. Aug. 515/1 Shaw was generally considered altogether too wild to stand a chance of getting over the footlights. 1951 H. S. Canby Turn West, turn East x. 204 Plot and characters did not get over the footlights, probably because he did not really believe in plots, nor was much interested in pure personality. 2004 J. Meyers Somerset Maugham (2005) iv. 54 He believed that the playwright had to have a distinct knack, ‘the dramatic instinct’ for writing lines that get over the footlights. < as lemmas |
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