rain on (one's) parade
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To ruin one's plans or dampen one's excitement. I hate to rain on your parade, but I think your A in chemistry was actually a clerical error. Mom really rained on our parade by chaperoning our school dance.
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rain on someone's parade
and rain on someone or somethingFig. to spoil something for someone. I hate to rain on your parade, but your plans are all wrong. She really rained on our plans.
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rain on one's parade
Spoil one's plans, as in The minority party in the legislature has tried hard to rain on the speaker's parade, but so far his agenda has prevailed . This expression conjures up the image of a downpour ruining a celebration such as a parade. [c. 1900]
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rain on someone's parade
JOURNALISMIf someone rains on your parade, they do something which spoils your plans or spoils an event that you hoped to enjoy. To make sure that all goes according to plan and no one rains on his parade, the president's safari will stay clear of trouble spots. It's irritating that he could rain on my parade by stealing the record before me.
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rain on somone's parade
prevent someone from enjoying an occasion or event; spoil someone's plans. informal, chiefly North AmericanFarlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
ˌrain on somebody’s ˈparade
(American English) spoil something for somebody: Drugs again rained on the Olympics’ parade as another athlete tested positive for an illegal substance.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
rain on someone’s parade
and rain on someone/something in. to spoil something for someone. I hate to rain on your parade, but your plans are all wrong.
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rain on someone's parade, to
To spoil someone’s plans or celebration. This term, which calls up a vivid image of a downpour spoiling elaborate floats and dampening spirits, has been around since about 1900. Sheila Rule, reporting on a plan to replace Britain’s House of Lords with an elected second chamber, wrote, “But the opposition Labor Party, which has long sought to rain on the Lords’ political parade, is once again aiming at those men and women” (New York Times, 1990).
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