pour cold water on

pour cold water on

A Chinese idiom is used to describe defeating others' enthusiasm

meaning

Idioms are used to describe defeating others' enthusiasm. You should support his work, not pour cold water on it.

English translation

throwadampover

Other information

Example of idiom: Xiong Zhaozheng's "Zhang Juzheng" Volume II Chapter 13: "but also understand that this time is no longer the time to pour cold water." degree of common use: common use emotional color: derogatory words grammatical usage: as predicate, attribute, object; refers to frustrate other people's enthusiasm idiom structure: verb object type generation time: Modern