a place in the sun
a/(one's) place in the sun
An advantageous or favorable position or situation. Your place in the sun will be assured when you win this match. After being a secondary player on the world stage, the emerging power began to look for its place in the sun.
See also: place, sun
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
a place in the sun
If someone has a place in the sun, they are in a job or situation where they are happy and have everything that they want. I think I've earned my place in the sun. They were looking forward to a period of stability and the chance of a place in the sun. Note: This phrase was used by Bernard von Bulow, the German Chancellor, in a speech to the German parliament in 1897, referring to his country's desire to play a part in the colonization of East Asia: `We do not wish to force anyone into the shade, but demand our own place in the sun'.
See also: place, sun
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
a place in the ˈsun
(of a person) a very favourable position, especially in your professional life: When he was offered a professorship at Caltech, he felt that he had finally found his place in the sun.This is a translation of a phrase used in Pascal’s Pensées in the seventeenth century.See also: place, sun
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- a/(one's) place in the sun
- place in the sun
- to the good
- to windward
- to windward of
- to windward of (something)
- windward
- be on to a good thing
- be onto a good thing
- onto a good thing