Wet blanket

Chinese translation: 令人扫兴的人

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English term or phrase:	Wet blanket
Chinese translation:	令人扫兴的人
Entered by:	albertdeng

01:17 Jan 16, 2004

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English term or phrase: Wet blanket

Tom does not want Jim in the party because Jim is a wet blanket and Tom has been on the wagon for sometime.

What does wet blanket mean here? What has it to do with Tom giving up drinking?

albertdeng KudoZ activity Questions: 3116 (7 open) (16 without valid answers) (27 closed without grading) Answers: 187 New Zealand
Local time: 12:16

令人扫兴的人

Explanation:
令人扫兴的人

Selected response from:

taoyuting
China
Local time: 08:16

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Summary of answers provided

5 +6

令人扫兴的人

taoyuting

3 +3

to be a wet blanket = to spoil the fun = 杀风景

chica nueva

4 +1

a damper

Roddy Stegemann

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7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

令人扫兴的人

Explanation:
令人扫兴的人

taoyuting
China
Local time: 08:16
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in pair: 61

Grading comment

Thank you.

35 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

a damper

Explanation:
The answer to your second question could only be known from the context of the story. Maybe Jim would tell everyone that Tom has been drinking, and for this reason Tom believes that he would serve as a "wet blanket" to his own good feeling about having stopped.

Two definitions of a wet blanket:

1) People who constantly remind others of unpleasant portions of their past are "wet blankets", because they make it difficult for those others to move forward.

2) The term "wet blanket" is very similar to "a damper" -- something said, or someone who says something that puts everyone in bad spirits. It can be done intentionally or unintentionally, but the effect is the same. Someone who does it regularly is called a "wet blanket".

Truly, if you are looking for English to English explanations, you are posting on the wrong bulletin board.

Roddy Stegemann
United States
Local time: 17:16
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 25

6 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

wet blanket to be a wet blanket = to spoil the fun = 杀风景

Explanation:
1 I can't really follow the connection between Jim being a wet blanket and Tom being on the wagon either. (However, I guess it would mean Tom cannot rely on alcohol to have a good time, so perhaps he needs to have 'fun' people in the party (= group).)

2 should be 'some time'(not 'sometime')?

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chica nueva
Local time: 12:16
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 2161

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