rain on someone's parade

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To spoil someone's celebration. idiomatic
    — Sanju Baba, we learn, is rather miffed at the way Kunder rained on his parade and took away the spotlight from Agneepath's success.
  2. To disappoint or discourage someone by ruining or criticizing their plans or aspirations. figuratively
    — I hate to rain on your parade, but lots of people have tried that strategy and it hasn't worked yet.

词形变化

rains on someone's parade present,singular,third-person raining on someone's parade participle,present rained on someone's parade participle,past rained on someone's parade past

词源

First appeared around 1900.
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