put in the shade



put somebody/something in the shade

to be so interesting or so good that other similar people or things seem less important by comparison I thought I'd done quite well, but Claire's exam results put mine in the shade.
See also: put, shade

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Vartan-Armenian
Teodosija-Serbian, Macedonian
JustÝNa-Czech
Ghjulia-Corsican
Prescott['preskət]
GarethGAR-əth (Welsh, English)Welsh, English (British), Arthurian Romance