wet blanket

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wet blanket

Fig. a dull or depressing person who spoils other people's enjoyment. Jack's fun at parties, but his brother's a wet blanket. I was with Anne and she was being a real wet blanket.

See also: blanket, wet

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Somehow, a canopy of wet blanket seems to descend upon the company, and Lady Tippins was never known to turn so very greedy or so very cross. Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context Its head was covered by the wet blanket and it was NOT SNORING ANY LONGER. The Original Peter Rabbit Books by Potter, Beatrix View in context It was what Jotham called a sour morning for work, and the horses, shivering and stamping under their wet blankets, seemed to like it as little as the men. Ethan Frome by Wharton, Edith View in context More results

? References in classic literature

Somehow, a canopy of wet blanket seems to descend upon the company, and Lady Tippins was never known to turn so very greedy or so very cross.

Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context

Its head was covered by the wet blanket and it was NOT SNORING ANY LONGER.

The Original Peter Rabbit Books by Potter, Beatrix View in context

It was what Jotham called a sour morning for work, and the horses, shivering and stamping under their wet blankets, seemed to like it as little as the men.

Ethan Frome by Wharton, Edith View in context

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