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
Tiw	-	Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Gisilfrid	-	Ancient Germanic
BoŽEna	-	Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Sheldon	SHEL-dən	English
Lucine	-	Armenian
Wibo	-	Frisian, Dutch