parade of horribles



parade of horribles

A series of many misdeeds or misfortunes. A: "Why did you leave your job?" B: "I can't even begin to talk about the parade of horribles that happened to me while I was working there." The recent news cycle has just been a parade of horribles, with one tragedy after the next.
See also: of, parade

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Vugar-Azerbaijani
Vitalis-Late Roman
GlaucoGLOW-ko (Italian, Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
BurkhardBOORK-hahrt (German)German, Ancient Germanic
RainerRIE-ner (German)German, Ancient Germanic
DurwardDUR-wərdEnglish