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You're being a wet blanket.
Non native here: never heard it, is implying an unpleasant feeling?
I have no idea how it started being used that way, but it's true, there's nothing fun about a wet blanket.
You'd use a wet blanket to smother a fire.
I suppose so, although a proper fire blanket would be even better.