Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

after the lord mayor's show

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: af-ter the lord -may-or's show
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

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Said of a disappointing or mundane event occurring straight after an exciting, magnificent, or triumphal event.

Example Sentences

"as is usual on all such occasions, after gaiety comes squalor; or, as we observe in respect to the annual pageant of the City of London that "after the Lord Mayor's Show comes a,—donkey-cart,"
"The All Whites came into this match hotfoot from their stunning victory over Castres last Tuesday which took them into the semi-final of the prototype European Cup. ... For a while it looked as if it might be a case of after the Lord Mayor's show as Swansea struggled with one of their dozy moods, against Treorchy."
""After the Lord Mayor's Show." Freddy looked up from reading Punch. "What is, old fruit?" "The excitement's gone. Back to dull monotony.""

Etymology

From the proverb "After the Lord Mayor's show comes the dust-cart" (or "donkey-cart", or "shit-cart"). Bringing up the rear of the Lord Mayor's Show is a team to clean the manure of the pageant's horses.

Frequently Paired Words

anticlimax hangover

Questions

What does after the lord mayor's show mean?: Said of a disappointing or mundane event occurring straight after an exciting, magnificent, or triumphal event.
Where does after the lord mayor's show come from?: From the proverb "After the Lord Mayor's show comes the dust-cart" (or "donkey-cart", or "shit-cart"). Bringing up the rear of the Lord Mayor's Show is a team to clean the manure of the pageant's horses.

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