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Grammar and Linguistics > Way to rain on my parade
Way to rain on my parade
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mari_18cf
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Way to rain on my parade
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Hey, I UNDERSTAND this expression. The problem is a don �t understand "way" in the sentence.
Help? |
17 Jun 2012
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cunliffe
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Was there something in front of it, like, �the way to rain .. or �this is the way to... � or, if it �s a heading, maybe underneath you write how they can rain on your parade (you �d still need an article), unless it was plural, ready for a list: Ways to rain on my parade.
Otherwise, I don �t understand it either!
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17 Jun 2012
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mari_18cf
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Exactly, there wasn �t anything before! It was in the beggining of the sentence in a book I �ve read.
It was precisely this "way to rain on my parade". |
17 Jun 2012
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yanogator
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In the US, at least, we use "Way to ..." as a shortened form of "That �s the way to...", meaning "You shouldn �t have ..." Way to sound stupid, stupid! Way to go! (Can have a positive or negative connotation) Way to ruin your chances of promotion! Bruce |
17 Jun 2012
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cunliffe
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I should have got that! It �s an exclamation, of course. I have an American colleague and she �s always going, �Way to go! � |
17 Jun 2012
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almaz
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With Bruce here. "Way to..." = "Thanks for.../well done for..." - used ironically in this case. |
17 Jun 2012
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