pour cold water on something

tv. to put an end to something; to dampen something. I wanted to go to the party, but my brother poured cold water on that by taking the car.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Clemente	kle-MEN-te (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Sofie	zo-FEE (German), so-FEE-e (Danish), so-FEE (Dutch)	German, Danish, Dutch, Czech
Rosanna	[rəu'zænə]
Alysia	ə-LIS-yə	English
Aldrich	['ɔ:ldritʃ]
Paul	[pɔ:l]