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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “under the spotlights”.
Prepositional phrase
sotto i riflettori
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sotto, riflettore.
2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:L'avevano legato a una sedia circondata da quadranti, sotto i riflettori.- He was strapped into a chair surrounded by dials, under dazzling lights.
- (literally, “The had bound him to a chair surrounded by dials, under the spotlights.”)
- (idiomatic) in the spotlight; at the center of attention
2020 August 3, Federico Rampini, “La procura di Manhattan indaga per frode bancaria sull'azienda di Trump. Presidente Usa: "Caccia alle streghe" [The Manhattan prosecutor's office investigates Trump's company for bank fraud. US President: "Witch hunt"]”, in la Repubblica:A capo della procura di Manhattan c’è un noto magistrato democratico, Cyrus Vance Jr., figlio di un ex segretario di Stato e già sotto i riflettori per l’inchiesta sull’ex direttore del Fondo monetario Dominique Strauss Kahn.- At the head of the Manhattan prosecutor's office there's a well-known Democratic magistrate, Cyrus Vance Jr., son of a former Secretary of State and already in the spotlight for the investigation into the former Director of the Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss Kahn.