To rain on someone's parade
Meaning: To spoil someone's plans or happy moment.
Language: English
Literally: To rain on someone's parade
Category: Nature
Origin: A 20th-century American image, fixed by the 1964 song 'Don't Rain on My Parade', of a downpour ruining a celebration.
More idioms — Nature
- Non ci piove — There's no doubt about it whatsoever.
- Het regent pijpenstelen — It is raining very heavily.
- 胸有成竹 (xiōng yǒu chéng zhú) — To have a well-formed plan ready before you begin.
- Τρώω κουτόχορτο — To be gullible and easily fooled.
- Découvrir le pot aux roses — To uncover a hidden secret.
- Once in a blue moon — Very rarely.
More English idioms
- To have a chip on your shoulder — To harbor a grudge or a defensive sense of grievance.
- To cost an arm and a leg — To be extremely expensive.
- To burn the midnight oil — To work late into the night.
- To break the ice — To ease the initial tension in a social situation.
- To throw a spanner in the works — To sabotage or disrupt a plan.
- A skeleton in the closet — A shameful secret kept hidden.