"rain on someone's parade" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-rain on someone's parade.ogg [Australia] Forms: 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]
Etymology: First appeared around 1900. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rain on someone's parade (third-person singular simple present rains on someone's parade, present participle raining on someone's parade, simple past and past participle rained on someone's parade)
  1. (figuratively) To disappoint or discourage someone by ruining or criticizing their plans or aspirations. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Rain Synonyms: put a damper on Translations (to disappoint or discourage someone): de feestvreugde bederven (Dutch), kaataa kylmää vettä jonkun niskaan (Finnish), jouer les rabat-joie (French), doucher l’enthousiasme de (French), jemandem in die Suppe spucken (German), mettere i bastoni tra le ruote (Italian), rompere le uova nel paniere (Italian), 水を差す (mizu wo sasu) (alt: みずをさす) (Japanese), ло́жка дёгтя (lóžka djógtja) (note: somewhat) (Russian), rumpiri l'ova ntô panaru (Sicilian)
    Sense id: en-rain_on_someone's_parade-en-verb-R3pwOL4I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant script codes Related terms: rock the boat, make waves, upset the applecart, burst someone's bubble, put a damper on, wet blanket, killjoy, party pooper, spoilsport, stick in the mud, piss on someone's bonfire, yuck someone's yum

Inflected forms

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          "word": "burst someone's bubble"
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          "word": "wet blanket"
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          "word": "stick in the mud"
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          "word": "piss on someone's bonfire"
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          "word": "yuck someone's yum"
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          "sense": "to disappoint or discourage someone",
          "word": "de feestvreugde bederven"
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          "sense": "to disappoint or discourage someone",
          "word": "kaataa kylmää vettä jonkun niskaan"
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          "sense": "to disappoint or discourage someone",
          "word": "jouer les rabat-joie"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to disappoint or discourage someone",
          "word": "doucher l’enthousiasme de"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to disappoint or discourage someone",
          "word": "jemandem in die Suppe spucken"
        },
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to disappoint or discourage someone",
          "word": "mettere i bastoni tra le ruote"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to disappoint or discourage someone",
          "word": "rompere le uova nel paniere"
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          "word": "ло́жка дёгтя"
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      "sense": "to disappoint or discourage someone",
      "word": "de feestvreugde bederven"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to disappoint or discourage someone",
      "word": "kaataa kylmää vettä jonkun niskaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to disappoint or discourage someone",
      "word": "jouer les rabat-joie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to disappoint or discourage someone",
      "word": "doucher l’enthousiasme de"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to disappoint or discourage someone",
      "word": "jemandem in die Suppe spucken"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to disappoint or discourage someone",
      "word": "mettere i bastoni tra le ruote"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to disappoint or discourage someone",
      "word": "rompere le uova nel paniere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みずをさす",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mizu wo sasu",
      "sense": "to disappoint or discourage someone",
      "word": "水を差す"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "somewhat",
      "roman": "lóžka djógtja",
      "sense": "to disappoint or discourage someone",
      "word": "ло́жка дёгтя"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to disappoint or discourage someone",
      "word": "rumpiri l'ova ntô panaru"
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