Language: en
Meaning: (idiomatic)Toexperiencebriefperiodsofdistinction, especially incontrastwith thestatus quo.2021May 15, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-1 Leicester”, inBBC Sport[1]:They certainlyhad their momentsand will complain of ill-fortune, about a suspicion of handball before Tielemans' goal and those magnificent saves from Schmeichel but this was a stuttering Chelsea, not the smooth machine that saw off Real Madrid with such comfort in the Champions League semi-final second leg at Stamford Bridge.
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