the skeleton at the feast
1skeleton at the feast — phrasal : someone or something that serves to bring unpleasant memories or prospects to the minds of pleasure seekers * * * a person or thing that brings gloom or sadness to an otherwise pleasant or celebratory occasion …
2ghost (or skeleton) at the feast — a person or thing that brings gloom to an otherwise pleasant occasion. → feast …
3skeleton at the feast — sad thing among happy events, something depressing amid a lot of joy …
4skeleton — [skel′ə tən] n. [ModL < Gr < skeleton (sōma), dried (body), mummy < skeletos, dried up, akin to sklēros, dry, hard < IE base * (s)kel > SHALLOW] 1. the hard framework of an animal body, supporting the tissues and protecting the… …
5skeleton — skeletonless, adj. skeletonlike, adj. /skel i tn/, n. 1. Anat., Zool. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body. 2. any of various structures forming a rigid framework in an invertebrate.… …
6skeleton — n. 1 a a hard internal or external framework of bones, cartilage, shell, woody fibre, etc., supporting or containing the body of an animal or plant. b the dried bones of a human being or other animal fastened together in the same relative… …
7The Road to El Dorado — Infobox Film name = The Road to El Dorado image size = 200px caption = The Road to El Dorado DVD Cover director = Eric Bergeron Don Paul producer = Bonne Radford Brooke Breton writer = Ted Elliott Terry Rossio starring = Kevin Kline Kenneth… …
8feast — noun 1》 a large meal, especially a celebratory one. ↘a plentiful supply of something enjoyable. 2》 an annual religious celebration. ↘a day dedicated to a particular saint. ↘Brit. an annual village festival. verb eat and drink lavishly …
9The Resurrection Casket — Doctorwhobook title=The Resurrection Casket series=New Series Adventures number=9 featuring=Tenth Doctor Rose writer=Justin Richards publisher=BBC Books isbn=ISBN 0 563 48642 2 set between=New Earth and School Reunion pages= date=April 2006… …
10The Old Man and the Sea — For other uses, see The Old Man and the Sea (disambiguation). The Old Man and the Sea   …
