What does it mean, " an overnight sensation"?
The whole sentence is: His mother told him what it was like to be an overnight sensation. So what does it mean, " an overnight sensation"?
It appears in an documentary video of Audrey Hepburn, her second son came to the fancy hotel where she stayed for shooting the movie Roman Holiday

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to become famous or successful in a day or very quickly, all of a sudden.

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It means that they were unknown or considered to be unsuccessful and then became incredibly famous or successful in a very small period of time.

For example if an unknown actor starred in a film and won an Oscar, they would have gone from 'unknown actor's to 'oscar winner' very fast, they are an over night sensation

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