Who is this who has come to darken my door?
•She pointed to the street and said, “Go and never darken my door again!”
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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
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
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
