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tough act to follow |
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tough act to follow and hard act to follow Fig. a difficult presentation or performance to follow or improve upon with one's own performance. Bill's speech was excellent. It was a tough act to follow, but my speech was good also. In spite of the fact that I had a tough act to follow, I did my best. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Hani Rashid of Asymptote, the subject of the next exhibition in this series in 2009, has a hard act to follow. When it came to sanctity, his mother--Nana--was a hard act to follow, so he was inordinately fortunate to find a wife who could correct more than just his spelling. Each iteration of afrik'arts is its own hard act to follow. |
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