léading mán, leadership, no less than, no less...than, break the mould

  The expression 'dumb ox' long predates 'dumb blonde' and was first applied to no less a luminary than the taciturn theologian Saint Thomas Aquinas.

 

A Billionaire Who Breaks the Mold

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Xavier Niel’s low-cost Web and mobile services have disrupted the established operators in France, but his goal is no less than to instill an entrepreneurial technology culture in the country.

Leading Man, Miles Beyond the Boy Band

break the mould

put an end to a restrictive pattern of events or behaviour by doing things in a markedly different way:his work did much to break the mould of the old urban sociology

leadership
(lē'dər-shĭp')
n.

1. The position or office of a leader: ascended to the leadership of the party.
2. Capacity or ability to lead: showed strong leadership during her first term in office.
3. A group of leaders: met with the leadership of the nation's top unions.
4. Guidance; direction: The business prospered under the leadership of the new president.

[名][U]

1 指導者の地位［身分, 任務］；優位.

2 指導, 統率, 指揮；指導力；統率力

follow the leadership of ...
…の指揮に従う.

3 [C]((the 〜))((集合的))((単数・複数扱い))（集団の）指導者団, 指導部.


léading mán[léading mán]
（映画・劇の）主役男優.

Leading man or leading gentleman is an informal term for the actor who plays a love interest to the leading actress in a film or play. A leading man is usually an all rounder; capable of singing, dancing, and acting at a professional level, but never outshining his female co-star. A good leading man could make a bad actress look better than she was and a good actress shine.
A leading man can also be an actor who is typecast in romantic roles. Less frequently, the epithet has been applied to an actor who is often associated with one particular actress, for example, Errol Flynn was Olivia de Havilland's leading man in several films, Spencer Tracy had a similar association with Katharine Hepburn; used in this sense, however, the woman is usually described as the leading lady of the man. The term is also used collectively, as in 'Hollywood's leading men' to refer to a group of notable, famous or popular actors. Some examples of modern leading men include Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Daniel Craig.

no less ... than

 

…に劣らないほど…で, と同じ（程度）に…で

The child is no less charming than her sister.
その子はお姉さんに劣らないほどかわいい（▼お姉さんはかわいい, ということを前提に, 「姉に劣らずかわいい」の意；She is not less charming than her sister. では「かわいさが姉より劣っていることはない, かえって勝るかもしれない」の意.）.

 (no less than) used to emphasize a surprisingly large amount: no less than eight people died