プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ひのきぶたい【×檜舞台】
ひのき舞台を踏む
stand in the limelight／appear on a big stage／〔劇場の〕appear on the stage of a major theater／《口》 make it to the big time
甲子園のひのき舞台を踏んだことがある
He was once (a baseball player who was) in the limelight at Koshien.
画家たちはパリのひのき舞台を目指す
「Making a name [Making it] in Paris is the goal of all painters.