| 单词 | to rain on a person's parade |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rain on a person's parade P4. to rain on a person's parade: to spoil a person's enjoyment of something, esp. a personal achievement or special occasion; to ruin a person's plans. ΚΠ 1964 B. Merrill Don't rain on my Parade (song) in I. Lennart et al. Funny Girl xiv. 85 Don't tell me not to live, Just sit and putter... Who told you you're allowed To rain on my parade! 1975 Newsweek (Nexis) 17 Mar. 21 Ullman beat the adhoc task forces to a program, deferring its announcement only on a personal plea..that he not rain on the leadership's parade. 1992 M. Blonsky Amer. Mythologies (1993) xvi. 410 Eco rained on the Derrideans' parade by linking the father of deconstruction to Renaissance madness. 2002 A. Cumming Tommy's Tale (2004) 68 Sadie was obviously desperate to tell me something juicy and I was raining on her parade. < as lemmas |
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