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Definition of Throw cold water on
1. Verb. Be discouraging or negative about.
Definition of Throw cold water on
1. Verb. (idiomatic of a suggestion, idea, emotion, achievement, etc.) To belittle or dismiss; to cast doubt upon; to debunk. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Throw Cold Water On
Literary usage of Throw cold water on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"To throw cold water on a scheine. To discourage the proposal ; to speak of it
slightingly. Water. '/'.'< coldest water known. ..."
2. The Novels and Letters of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1906)
"Oh no; there would be a Mrs Knightley to throw cold water on everything.
Extremely disagreeable; but she was not at all sorry that she had abused the ..."
3. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources by James Wood (1899)
"She's beautiful, and therefore to be woo'd ; / She's a woman, and therefore to
be won. i Hen, VI., v. > Sheathe thy impatience ; throw cold water on 85 thy ..."
4. Medical Reports, on the Effects of Water, Cold and Warm: As a Remedy in by James Currie (1805)
"... and also eat it; and likewise " sometimes throw cold water on their feet."
But the learned Hebrew cannot determine whether it is of service, ..."
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