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Learning English with TV-Shows #16: to rain on sb.’s parade

aus: LOST S05E16 – The Incident

Bernard: People try their whole lives to get themselves a nice, quiet place near the ocean where they can live in peace. And we did it. That’s what we made for ourselves.
Sawyer: Well, I hate to rain on your parade, but… your condo’s about to go ka-blooey.
Kate: Jack has a bomb.
Rose: Who cares?
Kate: Excuse me?
Rose: It’s always something with you people. Now you say “Jack’s got a bomb”. And what, you guys are all gonna try to stop him, right?

to rain on sb.’s parade – Jemandem in die Suppe spucken, die Stimmung verderben, in die Parade fahren

Weitere Begriffe
condo – Eigentumswohnung
ka-blooey – onomatopoetisch, Geräusch einer Explosion

Live-Auftritt von Duffy bei Wetten Dass..?, performing “Rain On Your Parade”:

I’m gonna rain on your parade.
No, I won’t take it again.
And I’ll keep raining, raining, raining over you.

2 Responses to Learning English with TV-Shows #16: to rain on sb.’s parade

Flo Lieb says: Montag,18. Mai 2009 at 13:07

Zum “Lost”-Finale will ich nix sagen. Aber generell finde ich das eine sehr schöne Rubrik von dir!

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David says: Montag,18. Mai 2009 at 13:12

Danke :-)

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