
To throw cold water on something——潑冷水
范例:
"Everybody else in the office thought my idea was great, but the boss threw cold water on it."
“辦公室里所有的人都認為我的主意很好,就是我們的老板給我潑冷水。”
靈活應用:
"I've been planning to go to medical school but my dad threw cold water on this idea the other day when he told me he wasn't sure he had the money to pay my tuition for so long. "
“我一直想上醫學院。可是,那天我爸爸給我潑冷水,說他不一定有能力替我付那么多年的學費。”