Sentence examples of "upstage" in English

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The simple truth is that the foreign ministry is the Chinese government's weakest branch, often overruled or simply ignored by the security establishment, which is ever ready to upstage even the Party. Простая истина заключается в том, что Министерство иностранных дел является слабейшей ветвью китайского правительства, часто отвергаемой или попросту игнорируемой системой безопасности, которая всегда готова отодвинуть на задний план даже партию.
I figured this brunch would be so lame, I needed something that wouldn't upstage them. Я подумал, что этот полдник будет таким отстойным, что нужно что-нибудь, чтобы не превзойти их.
Two harpists are performing, and you're anxious' cause Andrew, your nemesis from the steering committee, ran the event last year, and you want to upstage him. Будут две арфистки, а ты нервничаешь, потому что Эндрю, твой вечный соперник из управляющего комитета, проводил встречу в прошлом году, и ты хочешь превзойти его.
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