STEAL THE SHOW and WHISTLE IN THE WIND

 STEAL THE SHOW:

 

If you say that someone or something STOLE THE SHOW, you mean that they got more attention and praise than the other people or things in a show or other event.

 

Example sentences:

 

Being a veteran speaker ‘X’ is likely to STEAL THE SHOW in that meeting.

 

When it came to grabbing headlines, ‘sensationalized news’ items STEAL THE SHOW.

 

WHISTLE IN THE WIND:

 

If you say that someone is WHISTLING IN THE WIND, you mean that what they are saying is empty and pointless – to engage in a fruitless or hopeless task – trying to influence something with no real hope of succeeding.

 

Example sentences:

 

What he says is meaningless and worthless. He is just WHISTLING IN THE WIND.

 

We know that leader is guilty of corruption; but if we don’t gather proof and clinching evidences sufficient to successfully prosecute him in court of law, we will then end up in only WHISTLING IN THE WIND.

 

To WHISTLE IN THE WIND would be meaningless if we don’t get the desired result for our proposed campaign/actions.

 

Proverb:

 

முடவன் கொம்புத்தேனுக்கு ஆசை படலாமா?

First deserve, then desire!

 

(R.SAMPATH)

25/9/2020