英语词汇“take the wind out of sb's sails”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

take the wind out of sb's sails

also knock the wind out of sb's sails, knock the wind out of sb to make someone feel less confident or less determined to do something, usually by saying or doing something that they are not expecting:

I was all ready to tell him that the relationship was over when he greeted me with a big bunch of flowers - that took the wind out of my sails.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Discouraging and putting off

aversive
cold
daunt
daunting
deter
deterrence
discourage
discouragement
dishearten
disincentive
emasculate
pour/throw cold water on sth idiom
put
put sb off (sth/sb)
spoil
spoil sb's party idiom
throw
throw cold water on sth idiom
wind 1

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单词	take the wind out of sb's sails
释义	English take the wind out of sb's sails also knock the wind out of sb's sails, knock the wind out of sb to make someone feel less confident or less determined to do something, usually by saying or doing something that they are not expecting: I was all ready to tell him that the relationship was over when he greeted me with a big bunch of flowers - that took the wind out of my sails. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Discouraging and putting off aversive cold daunt daunting deter deterrence discourage discouragement dishearten disincentive emasculate pour/throw cold water on sth idiom put put sb off (sth/sb) spoil *spoil sb's* party idiom throw** throw cold water on sth idiom wind 1 See more results »
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