in the limelight

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From the use of limelight for theatre lighting, in particular, for powering the spotlights which are used to put the focus on individual actors on stage.

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: in het spotlicht — focus of attention
• Dutch: in het centrum van de aandacht — focus of attention
• Finnish: parrasvaloissa — focus of attention
• French: sous les feux de la rampe — focus of attention
• German: im Rampenlicht — focus of attention
• German: im Mittelpunkt des Interesses — focus of attention
• Italian: sotto i riflettori — focus of attention
• Portuguese: na ribalta — focus of attention
• Portuguese: nas luzes da ribalta — focus of attention
• Portuguese: no centro das atenções — focus of attention
• Spanish: en el candelero — focus of attention
• Spanish: en candelero — focus of attention
• Swedish: i rampljuset — focus of attention