rain on one's parade

Spoil one's plans, as in The minority party in the legislature has tried hard to rain on the speaker's parade, but so far his agenda has prevailed . This expression conjures up the image of a downpour ruining a celebration such as a parade. [c. 1900]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Shea	SHAY	Irish
Roger	['rɔdʒə]
Quirina	-	Late Roman
Yelena	ye-LYE-nah, ee-LYE-nah	Russian
Marzanna (2)	-	Slavic Mythology
Malena	-	Swedish, Spanish, Czech