To spoil the mood meaning in English

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Definition

to spoil the mood: to ruin the atmosphere idiom
Luna really spoiled the mood with her whale stories at the party. She really ruined the great atmosphere!
to spoil: to ruin, to destroy, to harm; to decay, to decompose, to rot; to pamper, to coddle verb
Don't spoil the movie for us. Just sit there quietly please and don't ruin it for us by shouting all the time.
Stop spoiling your kids. Don't give them everything they want the whole time.

Examples

  • "Barbara : It's almost too nice to spoil the mood with our little business talk."
Exercise 1
Barbara tells Philip that she doesn't feel like "spoiling the mood" of lunch. This means that she doesn't want to by discussing financial details over lunch.
Barbara tells Philip that she doesn't feel like "spoiling the mood" of lunch. This means that she doesn't want to ruin the atmosphere by discussing financial details over lunch.
ruin the atmosphere: This is the best choice here. Barbara says that "it's almost too nice to spoil the mood with our little business talk". She is saying that it is unfortunate that she and Philip must discuss details related to business rather than simply enjoying the lunch.
pollute the hemisphere : This isn't the best choice here. In English, the verb "to pollute" is almost exclusively used in the literal sense (to "litter" or to "dirty"). Also, the "hemisphere" is not synonymous with the term "atmosphere", when it is being used in the sense of the "mood".
destroy the illusion: This is incorrect. To "spoil the mood" is not synonymous with "destroying the illusion".
damage the ozone layer: This is incorrect. To "spoil the mood" is not synonymous with "damaging the ozone layer". The ozone layer is the region of the Earth's upper atmosphere which absorbs solar ultraviolet radiation.

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