| 单词 | take the wind out of someone's sails |
| 释义 | take the wind out ofsomeone'ssails(alsoknock the wind out of sb's sails,knock the wind out of sb) to make someonefeellessconfidentor lessdeterminedto do something, usually by saying or doing something that they are notexpecting: I was allreadytotellhim that therelationshipwas over when hegreetedme with abigbunchofflowers- that took thewindout of mysails. Discouraging and putting off
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