English Explanatory Dictionary

the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. The perpetual center of attention.

Word forms

the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral the bride at every wedding the corpse at every funeral

Etymology

Said by Alice Roosevelt Longworth of her father Theodore Roosevelt. Also used to describe Kaiser Wilhelm II.

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