bathe/bask in reflected glory
bask in reflected glory
To experience or enjoy fame only through one's association with a famous or successful person. As the sister of the superstar, for years she basked in reflected glory, until she finally got her own shot at fame.
See also: bask, glory, reflect
bathe in reflected glory
To experience or enjoy fame only through one's association with a famous or successful person. As the sister of the superstar, for years she bathed in reflected glory, until she finally got her own shot at fame.
See also: bathe, glory, reflect
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
bathe/bask in reflected ˈglory
get attention and fame not because of something you have done but through the success of somebody else connected to you: She wasn’t happy to bathe in the reflected glory of her daughter’s success, as she wanted to succeed on her own.See also: bask, bathe, glory, reflect
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- bask in reflected glory
- bathe
- glory
- reflect
- bathe in reflected glory
- at the end of (one's) fingertips
- about/on your person
- at (one's) doorstep
- at doorstep
- be on (one's) tod