belle of the ball

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belle of the ball

Meaning

  • the most beautiful woman in a gathering.
  • the prettiest girl at a party.
  • the girl/woman that everyone feels the need to pay attention to.

Examples in Sentences

  1. She felt like the belle of the ball as she danced the night away with her beau.
  2. In her new, expensive gown, she was the belle of the ball on the club scene.
  3. Many girls desire to be the belle of the ball when prom season comes around.
  4. She wore a dress made by the country’s most reputed designer and could easily be picked up as the belle of the ball.

Origin

This particular idiom doesn’t need a serious amount of thought since if one has seen the Disney movie, Beauty and the Beast, they might already know a little of what belle means. If not, the simplest explanation is that this word, and thus this idiom, derives from the Latin word “bella.” The rest of the idiom is very easy to figure out, as understanding that a ball is a gathering or assembly is all one needs to know.

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Belle of the ball meaning most popular in the dance.

‒ Romulo P. Lucas Jr. January 14, 2016

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