tough act to follow

tough act to follow {n. phr.}

A speech, performance, or activity of such superior quality that the person next in line feels and thinks that it would be very difficult to match it in quality.

Sir Lawrence Olivier's performance of Hamlet was a tough act to follow in every sense.

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