English Explanatory Dictionary

after the Lord Mayor's show

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. Said of a disappointing or mundane event occurring straight after an exciting, magnificent, or triumphal event.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

after the Lord Mayor's show

Etymology

From the proverb "After the Lord Mayor's show comes the dust-cart" (or "donkey-cart", or "shit-cart"). Bringing up the rear of the Lord Mayor's Show is a team to clean the manure of the pageant's horses.

Related words

anticlimax hangover
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