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grandeur

splendor and impressiveness, especially of appearance or style. e.g.  Warning: May Cause Delusions of Grandeur - You will still need to keep your day job and pay your taxes, even though you won't feel like it e.g.  the austere grandeur of mountain scenery

play to

  to   aim   one's   performance   only   toward   a   particular   person,   group,   or   a   particular   taste.   The   comedian   was  playing   only  to  the   juveniles  in  the   audience.   It  was   clear   that   she   was   playing  to  the   people  in  the   cheaper   seats.

water under the bridge

something that has happened and cannot be changed I should probably have asked for more money when I was offered the job, but hey, that's water under the bridge now. A past occurrence, especially something unfortunate, that cannot be undone or rectified: All that is now just water under the bridge. e.g. Simeone has a no nonsense style and would take no prisoners at Old Trafford - and surely enough water has passed under the bridge since his antics got former Red Devils man David Beckham sent off at the 1998 World Cup.