under the big top

idiom

: in a circus

She dreamed of performing under the big top.

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Take a peek behind the curtain as performers attend circus school. 8:50 ABCNews.com Throngs of spectators from all corners of the world gather under the big top to marvel at awe-inspiring performances. —Doc Louallen, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2024

Many others were not so fortunate as they were trapped under the big top by animal cages blocking the exits or caught up in the pandemonium. —Dominic Fulco Iii, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2024

Concerns over animal cruelty brought down Ringling Bros. seven years ago after people learned the terrible truth about the suffering that elephants and tigers endure under the big top. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2024

Every evening, under the big top at the Phare Circus, audiences watch mesmerized as acrobats and artists jump and somersault, dance and paint, execute midair flips and twist into pretzels. —Charukesi Ramadurai, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Feb. 2023

DeMille provides the maximum of entertainment in his production, not to speak of glamour, and above all the spirit that forever lurks under the big top. —Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023

The daring circus families who for 146 years performed death-defying acts under the big top tents. —Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2022

The Armstrong Bearcat band performs under the big top tent. —Joan Rusek, cleveland, 19 May 2022

Shows take place under the big top tent in the parking lot of Florence Mall. —Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2021

Rhymes for under the big top

• atop
• backdrop
• backstop
• bebop
• blacktop
• bookshop
• clatsop
• desktop
• eavesdrop
• estop
• hardtop
• hilltop