| 单词 | a skeleton at the feast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa skeleton at the feast (or banquet) c. a skeleton at the feast (or banquet), a reminder of serious or saddening things in the midst of enjoyment; a source of gloom or depression.An allusion to the practice of the ancient Egyptians, as recorded by Plutarch in his Moralia. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > depressing quality > depressing thing, person, or circumstances cloudc1430 palla1450 melancholya1475 downdraughta1681 Job's comforter1738 damper1748 killjoy1776 wet blanket1810 down-drag1814 chill1821 dismals1829 shadow1855 down1856 a skeleton at the feast (or banquet)1857 wet blanket1857 depressor1868 dampener1887 sorry-go-round1898 wet smack1927 bringdown1935 droopy drawers1939 big chill1943 party pooper1947 misery1951 party poop1951 grinch1966 downer1969 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone iii. 18 The skeleton of ennui sat at these dreary feasts; and it was not even crowned with roses. 1893 H. Vizetelly Glances Back I. iv. 86 He was..the general skeleton at all banquets. 1896 M. W. Hungerford Lonely Girl xiv To give him leisure to act the skeleton at the feast. < as lemmas |
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