show to advantage

Idioms  

1. Also,. Display in a flattering way, benefit, as in This lighting shows the paintings to advantage, or Your extensive use of quotations shows your learning to good advantage. [Mid-1300s]

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Example Sentences

Because swordfish doesn’t show to advantage when it’s “rare,” a thinner slice makes it a cinch to sear the outside and cook the inside to perfection.

From Washington Post

As an excellent p. 62critic in his native language, and equally so in Hebrew and Rabbinical learning, his works are a sufficient proof; and his “Letters to Volney” show to advantage the depth of his reasoning powers and scientific acquirements.

From Project Gutenberg

On this occasion, however, it unluckily did not show to advantage.

From New York Times

Sometimes it was due to the fact that the child dwelling habitually on a deeper plane of reflection than other pupils—or than his teachers—did not show to advantage when prompt answers of the usual sort were expected.

From Project Gutenberg

A coward every inch of him, he certainly did not show to advantage with an escort of constables about him.

From Project Gutenberg