cold water, to pour/throw

To discourage, to dampen pleasure or enthusiasm. The analogy dates back at least to Roman times, when Plautus used it (Aquam frigidam suffundunt, “They pour cold water on us”), and also appears in William Scarborough’s collection of Chinese proverbs (1875).

See also: cold, pour, throw

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

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worth its/one's weight in gold
run with the hare, hunt with the hounds, to
a cold day in Hell
at (one's) pleasure
at your/somebody's pleasure
off the hook, to get/to be let
have had the pleasure
cat that swallowed the canary, (look) like the
in clover, to be/live
skin and bones, (nothing but)

词组	cold water, to pour/throw
释义	cold water, to pour/throw cold water, to pour/throw To discourage, to dampen pleasure or enthusiasm. The analogy dates back at least to Roman times, when Plautus used it (Aquam frigidam suffundunt, “They pour cold water on us”), and also appears in William Scarborough’s collection of Chinese proverbs (1875). See also: cold, pour, throw The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: worth its/one's weight in gold run with the hare, hunt with the hounds, to a cold day in Hell at (one's) pleasure at your/somebody's pleasure off the hook, to get/to be let have had the pleasure cat that swallowed the canary, (look) like the in clover, to be/live skin and bones, (nothing but)
随便看	expend expend for expend in expend on expend (something) for (something) expend (something) in (something) expend (something) on (someone or something) expense expense is no object expensive experience experience is the best teacher experience is the father of wisdom experience is the mother of wisdom experience is the teacher of fools experiment experiment in experiment in (something) experiment on experiment (up)on (someone or something) experiment with experiment with (something) explain explain away explain (oneself)