English Explanatory Dictionary

burst someone's bubble

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To disillusion; to disabuse someone of a false notion or rationalization that has grown comfortable.

Pronunciation

en-au-burst someone's bubble.ogg

Word forms

burst someone's bubble bursts someone's bubble bursting someone's bubble

Synonyms

bust someone's bubble pop someone's balloon burst someone's bubble piss in someone's cereal piss in someone's Cheerios piss in someone's cornflakes piss on someone's chips piss on someone's bonfire piss on someone's campfire put a damper on rain on someone's parade shit in someone's cereal shit in someone's Cheerios shit in someone's cornflakes take the wind out of someone's sails upset the applecart

Related words

killjoy make waves party pooper rock the boat spoilsport stick in the mud wet blanket
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