take the shine off

take the shine off something

(informal)

if something that happens takes the shine off something pleasant, it spoils it or makes it less enjoyable Having my purse stolen took the shine off my visit to Dublin.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cam (2)	KAM	English
Karaugh	-	English (Rare)
Finnegan	FIN-ə-gən	Irish, English (Modern)
Haidar	-	Arabic
KyÖSti	KUY-uus-tee	Finnish
Stanko	STAHN-ko (Slovene, Croatian)	Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian