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cast a shadow/cloud over/on something idiom literary to spoil a good situation with something unpleasant: 给…蒙上阴影 Her father's illness had cast a shadow over the birth of her baby.她父亲的病给她孩子的出生蒙上了一层阴影。 Charges of corruption against the organising committee have cast a cloud over the games. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Making people sad, shocked and upset aback amiss appal be laughing on the other side of your faceidiom bite bum haunt heartbreaker heartbreakingly hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom horrify nerve self-laceration sensitivity shake someone out of something shake someone up shake/rock something to its foundationsidiom shattering tear toxic |