grandstand play
看台游戏,看台戏,看台演出,看台上的表演
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- : an ostentatious play, as in a sport, overemphasized deliberately to elicit applause from spectators.
- : any action or attempt designed to win approval or to make a strong impression: His going to work on Christmas was another of his grandstand plays.
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Have there been discussions with FX regarding an Archer movie, and how do you think that would play out?
Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
He plays an aging punk rocker and I play the drummer from his old band.
When fathers hold and play with their children, oxytocin and prolactin kick in, priming them for bonding.
Ironically, the play deals with the ‘management’ of information by the Establishment.
I assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!
But I hope at least to play to him a few times, and what is more important, to hear him play repeatedly.
To fill up the time till Liszt came, our hostess made us play, one after the other, beginning with the latest arrival.
Again the sallow fingers began to play with the book-covers, passing from one to another, but always slowly and gently.
Her attachment to impressionism leads this artist to many experiments in color—or, as one critic wrote, "to play with color."