Question of the Day #690

It is never good to rain on someone’s parade and that is exactly what the distinguished Secretary of State did. 

From the last paragraph of this article at Satenaw News.

上記の文で、rain one someone's paradeの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "rain on someone's parade" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

（人）の一日［良い気分］を台無しにする◆【同】crash the party

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To ruin one's plans or dampen one's excitement.

Examples

• Well, I hate to rain on your parade but I refuse to give my consent on the sale of this house.
• There you go again stepping on my lines... raining on my parade, costing me medals.
• 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.
• 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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