put a damper on
verb1
Idiomatic To stop people from enjoying an activity.
- John told us he had lost his job, which put a damper on the celebrations.
- Synonyms
- burst someone's bubble, piss in someone's cereal, piss in someone's Cheerios, piss in someone's cornflakes, piss on someone's chips, piss on someone's bonfire, piss on someone's campfire, put a damper on, rain on someone's parade, shit in someone's cereal, shit in someone's Cheerios, shit in someone's cornflakes, take the wind out of someone's sails, upset the applecart
- Antonyms
- celebrate, live it up, party
- Related terms
- rock the boat, make waves, wet blanket, killjoy, party pooper, spoilsport, stick in the mud, nonconform
- Hypernyms
- spoil
- Coordinate terms
- clamp down on