pour cold water on something



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.
See also: cold, on, pour, water

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Appleyard['æplja:d]
Odalric-Ancient Germanic
TÝR-Norse Mythology
Yehochanan-Biblical Hebrew
Corettakə-RET-əEnglish
Chinweike-Western African, Igbo