the bride at every wedding

English

Phrase

the bride at every wedding

  1. (US, rare) Short for the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral.
    • 2001 November 12, “Next Rivera: We Open Osama's Cave”, in Time‎[1], volume 158, number 21, page 105:
      Covering the war from Fort Lee, N.J., just isn't good enough. That is, not if you're CNBC's GERALDO RIVERA, the theatrical journalist who longs to be the bride at every wedding, the ham in every sandwich and, lately, the mullah in every mountain.
    • 2017, Joe Wendel, Justice Denied: An Historical Sojourn, Archway Publishing, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
      He was even unable to cut the meat on his dinner plate. He needed constant reassurances and was easily influenced by flattery. He enjoyed being the center of attention. He needed to be the bride at every wedding.
    • 2024 October 11, James Poniewozik, “Kamala Harris Made the Political Personal on Her Media Tour”, in The New York Times‎[2]:
      Being the protagonist of an election is an asset — not to mention a way to irritate an opponent who craves to be the center of every photo, the bride at every wedding.
    • 2025 May 9, Danny Heitman, “Mark Twain’s legacy is not his tall tales. It’s his larger-than-life persona.”, in The Christian Science Monitor‎[3]:
      Twain longed for attention at home, too. The adage about egoists who want to be the bride at every wedding proved literally true. At his daughter Clara’s nuptials, Twain wore a scarlet ceremonial robe, a choice designed to steal the show.
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