darken Идиома
darken a church door
darken one's door
Idiom(s): darken one's doorTheme: VISITING
[for an unwelcome person] to come to someone's door seeking entry. (As if the visitor were casting a shadow on the door. Formal, or even jocular.)
• Who is this who has come to darken my door?
• Is that you, John, darkening my door again? I thought you were out of town.
• The heroine of the drama told the villain never to darken her door again.
• She touched the back of her hand to her forehead and said, "Go and never darken my door again!"
Never darken my door again
This is a way of telling someone never to visit you again.darken the door|darken|darken one's door|door
To appear, as in a doorway; enter someone's home or establishment.
Used in negative imperative sentences especially with "never" and "again". If you leave this house now, never darken my door again. After a son shamed his father by having to go to prison, the father told him never to darken his door again.darken
darkennot darken someone's door
not come to someone's home
darken someone's door
darken someone's doorCome unwanted to someone's home, as in I told him to get out and never darken my door again. The verb darken here refers to casting one's shadow across the threshold, a word that occasionally was substituted for door. As an imperative, the expression is associated with Victorian melodrama, where someone (usually a young woman or man) is thrown out of the parental home for some misdeed, but it is actually much older. Benjamin Franklin used it in The Busybody (1729): “I am afraid she would resent it so as never to darken my doors again.”
An darken idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with darken, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
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