rain on someone's parade

Related to word: rain

Idiom

Definition

  1. To spoil someone's plans or enthusiasm.

    • I don't want to rain on your parade, but this project might not be as successful as you expect.

    • She always likes to rain on other people's parades, which is very discouraging.

    • I was really looking forward to the trip, but his negative comments really rained on my parade.