rain on your parade
/ˌreɪn ɒn jə pəˈreɪd/INFORMAL · C1
Meaning
to spoil a plan or a happy moment for someone
Examples
- 1I hate to rain on your parade, but the beach party has been cancelled.
- 2Everyone was excited about the trip until Dad rained on our parade with news of a train strike.
- 3Maya was celebrating her new job when her brother rained on her parade by asking about the salary.
- 4Nobody wanted to rain on Grandad's parade, so we all ate his burnt birthday cake with a smile.
- 5Don't let one bad review rain on your parade — the show sold out every night!
Grammar
rain is a regular verb here: rained, raining. your changes to my, her, everyone's and so on. Often after don't want to or hate to.
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