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Jenne Phuong
2021-10-14 10:10
Spectre at the feast British phrase
The nouns "ghost" and "skeleton" can be substituted for the noun "spectre".
Used to refer to someone or something who/which deprives others of enjoyment in a celebratory occasion because he/she/it reminds them of an unhappy event.
While almost everybody were celebrating the occasion, he stood outside like a spectre at the feast.
His thoughtless question was the spectre at the feast and took the fun out of the hall.
Was I wrong to invite Jeff, the ghost of the feast?
The Ancient Egyptians, according to the Greek historian Plutarch, used to lay a skeleton at the table during a feast to remind people that they would die one day.
Do you see anything wrong?
1. An unlucky situation
2. An interjection used to express sympathy for someone's bad luck
1. I have had some tough beans recently. I got low marks and lost my bike just two days later.
2. A: I've got a low mark.
B: Tough bean, bro.
