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The moment you decide everyone's day now revolves around your timing.
means A deliberately dramatic, attention-grabbing arrival into a room or event, usually made to be noticed by everyone present.
from A pairing of two words that both arrived in English from French. 'Grand' came in after the Norman Conquest, from Old French 'grant,' from Latin 'grandis' meaning 'large' or 'full-grown.' 'Entrance' (the act of entering, distinct from the architectural doorway) comes from French 'entrer,' from Latin 'intrare,' 'to go in.' The phrase 'grand entrance' was first quite literal — a building's main, imposing doorway — before the theater borrowed it for the showy on-stage arrival of an important character, and from there it slipped into everyday life to describe anyone who walks in like the spotlight should already be waiting.
- Roman roots
- Triumphal arches existed solely to frame conquerors walking through
- Cinema trick
- Delaying a star's first shot heightens audience anticipation
- Animal world
- Peacocks and birds-of-paradise stake survival on dramatic arrivals
- Theater term
- An entrance applause can stall a play for minutes
- Brain science
- First impressions form in roughly one-tenth of a second