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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Linzi	LIN-zee	English (Rare)
Paulinho	-	Portuguese
Foster (1)	FAWS-tər	English
Violetta	vyo-LET-tah (Italian), vee-ah-LYE-tah (Russian)	Italian, Russian
Kelsey	['kelsi]
Celestyn	tse-LES-tin	Polish