"skeleton at the feast" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-skeleton at the feast.ogg [Australia] Forms: skeletons at the feast [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|skeletons at the feast}} skeleton at the feast (plural skeletons at the feast)
  1. (idiomatic) One whose presence brings gloom to a joyous occasion. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-skeleton_at_the_feast-en-noun-a22Mup7Z
  2. (idiomatic) A reminder of death, a memento mori. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-skeleton_at_the_feast-en-noun-UclKCKn0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72

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