cast a pall over

cast a pall over something

to spoil something Her illness cast a pall over the awards ceremony.

Etymology: from the literal meaning of a pall (something, such as smoke or fog or dust in the air, that makes the sky dark)

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Neo (2)	-	Various
Emil	E-mil (Swedish), E-meel (German, Polish), e-MEEL (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian,
Lina (1)	-	Arabic
Melia	-	Greek Mythology
ÉLisabeth	e-lee-za-BET	French
Emanuel	[i'mænjuəl]