单词 | take (或 knock 等 ) the wind out of sb.'s sails |
释义 | 冷不防使某人丧失优势,使某人狼狈;使某人泄气;挫败某人的计划 His statement took a great deal of the wind out of her sails. I had made up my mind what I was going to say; but the news took the wind out of my sails. |
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