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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.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Vugar | | - | Azerbaijani |
| Vitalis | | - | Late Roman |
| Glauco | | GLOW-ko (Italian, Spanish) | Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Burkhard | | BOORK-hahrt (German) | German, Ancient Germanic |
| Rainer | | RIE-ner (German) | German, Ancient Germanic |
| Durward | | DUR-wərd | English |