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
See also:
  • 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