English

Noun

legend in one's own lunchtime ‎(uncountable)

1. (idiomatic, often ironic) One whose fame is insignificant or fleeting.
   • 2003, Clive Maxfield, Bebop to the Boolean Boogie, ISBN 9780750675437, p. 1 (Google preview):

     A legend in his own lunchtime, Bulwer-Lytton became renowned for penning exceptionally bad prose...

   • 2008 May 19, Media Monkey, "Media Diary from the Observer," The Guardian (UK) (retrieved 15 June 2014):

     At the company's end-of-season party last week, East Sr, a legend in his own lunchtime, grabbed the mic from the house band and regaled guests—including Setanta pundits Steve McManaman and Les Ferdinand—with a Beatles medley.

   • 2012, Jeff Connor, Field of Fire, ISBN 9781780572789, (Google preview):

     By way of a change, the Star assistant editor, another legend in his own lunchtime, would regularly fall asleep during the morning conference and we would simply tiptoe past him and leave him to it.

See also

• 15 minutes of fame