the cold drained all the joy from the trip

[alpacinou]

In my language, when something bad/annoying happens to you after a period of fun, we say something that translates to "X drained all the joy from Y."

Does it work in English? If not, what can be said?

1. I had a lot of fun on my trip to Paris, but then I caught a cold and it drained all the joy from the trip.

2. We had a wild party, but the morning after, my boss dumped a million assignments on me and drained all the joy from the party.

 

[emsr2d2]

It doesn't work for me. In the second, you haven't even said that the party was "joyful" - you just said it was wild.

I'd probably say "negated".

 

[teechar]

For the first one, perhaps "... I caught a cold and that took the fun out of the rest of the trip" might work for you.
The second is different because the party is already over when your boss is giving those tasks. In other words, anything your boss does cannot impact the atmosphere at the party!
You could say, for example:
"Tuesday morning, I was in a great mood because of the great party we had the night before, but then the boss dumped a heap of assignments on my desk, and that spoiled my mood".