be brought in from the cold
be brought in from the cold
To be allowed to join or participate in a group from which one was previously excluded; to be accepted in a certain social setting. A relatively unknown director for most of her career, she was brought in from the cold after her work with the A-list celebrity garnered the attention of a major Hollywood studio. The striking workers were finally brought in from the cold after the union and corporate leaders settled the wage dispute.
See also: brought, cold
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- bring (someone) in from the cold
- on the outside looking in
- on the outside, looking in
- (the) odd one out
- odd one out
- the odd man/one out
- (the) odd man out
- odd man out
- be left (out) in the cold
- left out in the cold