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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?
in any way at all
I will not accept it in any way, shape or form.
