in the sportlight--at the centre of attention

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回答: Parallel Lines (3) 由 hammerheadshark 于 2012-05-21 07:10:37

thank you shark! I learned more from you, but I think:

spotlight---for example, I don't want to be in the spotlight.  one doesn't have to be a movie star to be in the spotlight because this is a rhetorical device ---being exagerating in writing?  

in the spotlight is same as in the limelight,it means in the centr of attention

and in the limelight Fig. at the center of attention. (Limelight refers to an obsolete type of spotlight, and the word occurs only in this phrase.) John will do almost anything to get himself into the limelight. I love being in the spotlight. All elected officials spend a lot of time in the limelight.  

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• 回复：in the sportlight--at the centre of attention -hammerheadshark- ♀ 给 hammerheadshark 发送悄悄话 (105 bytes) () 05/21/2012 postreply 11:13:33

• you know my words are limited, so i just double check -sportwoman- ♀ 给 sportwoman 发送悄悄话 sportwoman 的博客首页 (334 bytes) () 05/21/2012 postreply 11:32:56

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• Are you hinting that I am still holding on to that grudge? -sportwoman- ♀ 给 sportwoman 发送悄悄话 sportwoman 的博客首页 (1461 bytes) () 05/22/2012 postreply 04:50:00

• I dare say your writing is the best in this forum so far -sportwoman- ♀ 给 sportwoman 发送悄悄话 sportwoman 的博客首页 (533 bytes) () 05/22/2012 postreply 05:10:05

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