place in the sun

Idioms  

1. A dominant or favorable position or situation, as in The Nobel prizewinners really enjoyed their place in the sun. This term may have been coined about 1660 by the French philosopher Blaise Pascal but became well known only in the late 1800s, when it was applied to Germany's position in world affairs, especially concerning its desire for more lands.

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Example Sentences

"Pacific governments are relishing their place in the sun," Gordon Peake, a senior adviser for the Pacific Islands at the United States Institute of Peace told the AFP News Agency.

From BBC • May 22, 2023

He basked, aviators firmly in place, in the sun.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2022

The iconic film starred Sandra Dee as Francine Lawrence, who finds her place in the sun among a tight-knit clan of Malibu surfers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2019

For a moment chess – ignored, marginalised, even derided by some – finally had its place in the sun.

From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2016

Isn’t it time we admitted that the contraction has earned its place in the sun?

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner