luci della ribalta

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Italian

Etymology

Literally, lights of the forestage.

Noun

luci della ribalta f pl (plural only)

  1. (theater) footlights
  2. (figurative, by extension) limelight
    • 2020, Barack Obama, translated by Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, and Giuseppe Maugeri, Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
      Aveva uno stile vecchio stampo, amava le luci della ribalta e non sempre era consapevole di sé.
      He had an old-school style, loved the limelight and was not always self-conscious.