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be a hard act to follow

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be a hard/tough act to follow
to be so good it is not likely that anyone or anything else that comes after will be as good Last year's thrilling Super Bowl, when the New York Giants beat the Buffalo Bills 20-19 will be a hard act to follow. The new Chairman knows his predecessor is a tough act to follow.
See also: act, follow, hard


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Jenny is knowledgeable professionally, committed personally and accessible to members; with her sense of humour, ready smile and acute perception, she will be a hard act to follow.
But Zanardi is really going to be a hard act to follow.
Hers will be a hard act to follow, requiring the gifts of vision and leadership, as well as flexibility to meet the future with the grace to improvise as needed.
 
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