TIL: That the idiom “to steal someone’s thunder” originated from the dramatist John Dennis who found out that his idea for a thunder machine for his play was stolen and used in a different play in the same theater

março 31, 2020

TIL: That the idiom “to steal someone’s thunder” originated from the dramatist John Dennis who found out that his idea for a thunder machine for his play was stolen and used in a different play in the same theater

TIL: That the idiom “to steal someone’s thunder” originated from the dramatist John Dennis who found out that his idea for a thunder machine for his play was stolen and used in a different play in the same theater http://en.wikipedia.org/Stealing_thunder SheepishGoat March 30, 2020 at 06:52PM

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TIL: That the idiom “to steal someone’s thunder” originated from the dramatist John Dennis who found out that his idea for a thunder machine for his play was stolen and used in a different play in the same theater

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