take the wind out of someone's sails

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To discourage someone greatly; to cause someone to lose hope or the will to continue; to thwart or minimize someone's ambitions. idiomatic
    — "I tell you Van Bahr Lamb is a fool." […] But Polly […] completely took the wind out of her sails, by coolly remarking,— "I like fools."

词形变化

takes the wind out of someone's sails present,singular,third-person taking the wind out of someone's sails participle,present took the wind out of someone's sails past taken the wind out of someone's sails participle,past knock the wind out of someone's sails alternative

词源

Referring to the idea of a ship that intercepts the wind of another, causing it to slow or stop.
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