Idiom
rain on someone's parade
Meaning
To spoil someone's celebration.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't rain on my parade — I'm excited about this.”
“I didn't want to rain on her parade by pointing out the flaws in her plan.”
“He held his tongue, unwilling to rain on their parade even as he foresaw the inevitable disappointment ahead.”
Examples
simple
“Don't rain on my parade — I'm excited about this.”
contextual
“I didn't want to rain on her parade by pointing out the flaws in her plan.”
complex
“He held his tongue, unwilling to rain on their parade even as he foresaw the inevitable disappointment ahead.”
Origin
20th-century American; popularised by the song 'Don't Rain on My Parade' from the musical Funny Girl (1964).
Key words
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- Level
- B1 · Intermediate
- Updated