blaze of glory
nounDefinitions
An impressive but brief display of strength before expiring, in the way that a fire burns…
An impressive but brief display of strength before expiring, in the way that a fire burns more brightly shortly before burning out.
- 1718, Alexander Pope, trans., Homer, The Iliad, Book XVII, line 240. A blaze of glory ere thou fad'st away.
- Jon has taken an "all or nothing approach," and he wants to go down in a blaze of glory. […] The issue has become an ego thing: a conflict of Jon Parker versus the rest of the world.
A sight, usually associated with a deity, that is forbidden or that is too glorious to…
A sight, usually associated with a deity, that is forbidden or that is too glorious to behold.
- Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light,/A blaze of glory that forbids the sight.
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