"in the limelight" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the use of limelight for theatre lighting, in particular, for powering the spotlights which are used to put the focus on individual actors on stage.",
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      "expansion": "in the limelight",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The politician was in the limelight from the moment the scandal became public."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the focus of attention, especially from the media."
      ],
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          "attention",
          "attention"
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        [
          "media",
          "media"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) In the focus of attention, especially from the media."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "public eye"
        },
        {
          "word": "spotlight"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "in the spotlight"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "focus of attention",
          "word": "in het spotlicht"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "focus of attention",
          "word": "in het centrum van de aandacht"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "focus of attention",
          "word": "parrasvaloissa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "focus of attention",
          "word": "sous les feux de la rampe"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "focus of attention",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "im Rampenlicht"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "focus of attention",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "im Mittelpunkt des Interesses"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "focus of attention",
          "word": "sotto i riflettori"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "focus of attention",
          "word": "en el candelero"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "focus of attention",
          "word": "i rampljuset"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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  "word": "in the limelight"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From the use of limelight for theatre lighting, in particular, for powering the spotlights which are used to put the focus on individual actors on stage.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "public eye"
    },
    {
      "word": "spotlight"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "text": "The politician was in the limelight from the moment the scandal became public."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the focus of attention, especially from the media."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attention",
          "attention"
        ],
        [
          "media",
          "media"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) In the focus of attention, especially from the media."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "in the spotlight"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "focus of attention",
      "word": "in het spotlicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "focus of attention",
      "word": "in het centrum van de aandacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "focus of attention",
      "word": "parrasvaloissa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "focus of attention",
      "word": "sous les feux de la rampe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "focus of attention",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "im Rampenlicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "focus of attention",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "im Mittelpunkt des Interesses"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "focus of attention",
      "word": "sotto i riflettori"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "focus of attention",
      "word": "en el candelero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "focus of attention",
      "word": "i rampljuset"
    }
  ],
  "word": "in the limelight"
}