- darken someone's door
- If you darken somebody's door, you come as an unwanted or unwelcome visitor.
Just get out of here and never darken my door again!
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
darken someone's door
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darken someone's door — (often with neg, often implying unwelcomeness) to appear as a visitor • • • Main Entry: ↑dark * * * visit someone s home never darken my door again! … Useful english dictionary
darken someone's door/doors — to go to or appear at a place where you are not welcome anymore She told him to leave and to never darken her door again. [=to never go to her house/apartment again] • • • Main Entry: ↑darken darken someone s door/doors see ↑darken • • • Main En … Useful english dictionary
never darken someone's door — ► never darken someone s door keep away from someone s home. Main Entry: ↑darken … English terms dictionary
darken\ one's\ door — • darken one s door • darken the 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… … Словарь американских идиом
never darken someone's door — keep away from someone s home. → darken … English new terms dictionary
darken one's door — or[darken the 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… … Dictionary of American idioms
darken one's door — or[darken the 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… … Dictionary of American idioms
darken — ► VERB 1) make or become darker. 2) cast a shadow over; spoil. 3) become unhappy or angry. ● never darken someone s door Cf. ↑never darken someone s door … English terms dictionary
darken — [där′kən] vi. to become dark or darker vt. 1. to make dark or darker 2. to make blind not darken someone s door or not darken someone s doorway not come to someone s home darkener n … English World dictionary
darken — c. 1300, to make dark; late 14c., to become dark, from DARK (Cf. dark) + EN (Cf. en) (1). The more usual verb in M.E. was simply dark (O.E. deorcian), as it is in Chaucer and Shakespeare, and darken did not predominate until 17c. The Anglo Saxons … Etymology dictionary
