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take the wind out of somebody’s sails
释义
take the wind out of somebody’s sails
(informal)
to make somebody suddenly less confident or angry, especially when you do or say something that they do not expect
出其不意地打击某人的信心;突然减轻某人的怒气
When I agreed to his suggestion at once, it really took the wind out of his sails.
当我立即同意他的建议时,他的风帆确实被打垮了。
See also sail | wind
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make a hash of something
make a hash of sth
make a hit
make a hit with somebody
make-a-hole-in
make a hole in something
make a hole in sth
make a horlicks of something
make a horlicks of sth
make a joke of something
make a joke of sth
make a killing
make-allowance-for
make allowance for something
make allowances
make allowances (for somebody)
make allowances for somebody
make allowance(s) for something
make allowances for something
make all the difference
make all the difference to somebody
make all the difference (to somebody/something)
make all the difference to somebody/something
make all the difference to something
make a man of somebody
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