REFLECTED GLORY


Meaning of REFLECTED GLORY in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He had seen the reflected glory of kings and princes, experienced the artistic genius of the Renaissance.

His boss sat on the forty-first floor and was still basking in the reflected glory of his minion.

I certainly don't want to bask in any reflected glory .

Perhaps, after all, Valerie hadn't resented him, grateful for his reflected glory .

The reflected glory is all Hebburn's.

The Communists were in control of the unemployed demonstrations, they had the reflected glory of the Bolshevik revolution.

Walking with you, I wondered if all that reflected glory might prove dangerous.

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