tough act to follow イディオム
a tough act to follow
a performance that is not easy to equal Gail danced very well. That is a tough act to follow.
tough act to follow
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n. phr. A speech, performance, or activity of such superior quality that the person next in line feels and thinks that it would be very difficult to match it in quality.
Sir Lawrence Olivier's performance of Hamlet was a tough act to follow in every sense.a boxy act to follow
Someone or article so admirable that it overshadows annihilation that follows. I don't apperceive how Mel's backup will be accustomed by the staff. He was so admired and admired that he'll be a boxy act to follow. That award-winning comedy will be a boxy act to chase on Broadway.Learn more: act, follow, toughtough act to follow
and hard act to followFig. a difficult presentation or achievement to chase or advance aloft with one's own performance. Bill's accent was excellent. It was a boxy act to follow, but my accent was acceptable also. In animosity of the actuality that I had a boxy act to follow, I did my best.Learn more: act, follow, toughtough act to follow
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