in the shade / in prison, in jail

(transitive with à) to block the light (to someone) / (figuratively, transitive with à) to put someone in the shade

(figuratively) to come out of the shadows, to emerge from the shadows

undoubtably; beyond the shadow of a doubt

(literary) to give up what one has already got to go chasing rainbows; to lose everything because one wanted too much; to get sidetracked, to lose sight of what is important