10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THROW COLD WATER ON SOMETHING»
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throw cold water on something in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
throw cold water on something and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
-KiniT 25 throw cold water on something to criticize or stop something that some
people are enthusiastic about • The proposal seemed reasonable enough, but
authorities quickly threw cold water on it. -»UnIT 40 throw good money after bad
to ...
Margo Wood, Michael P. O'Donnell
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
To throw cold water on something (EAP 395; EAP 472; MP 668) 1867 I don't want
to throw any cold water onto this festive occasion. (p. 416) Locke, David R. The
Struggles (Social, Financial and Political) of Petroleum V. Nasby. Boston: Lee ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Practical English Grammar
4. eligible for: to be qualified/suitable for Example : Those below 1 8 years old are
not eligible for getting a driving licence. 5. throw cold water on something: to
discourage something Example : Everytime someone suggested something.
Prof. V.N. Sadasiva Rau, Sura College of Competition, 2004
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Corpus-Based Approaches to Metaphor and Metonymy
First, the mapping in (12c) is not licensed by the example: to throw cold water on
something means to discourage or disillusion someone, not to make someone
sad. Second, both the source and the target domain posited for (12d) are ...
Anatol Stefanowitsch, Stefan Th. Gries, 2007
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Chambers concise dictionary
... disregarded and neglected by others, pour or throw cold water on something
colloq to be discouraging or unenthusiastic about a plan, idea, etc. cold-blooded
>adj"\ said of all animals except mammals and birds: having a body temperature
...
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
... or snub them. • in cold blood deliberately and unemotionally. • make
someone's blood run cold to terrify or horrify them. • out in the cold colloq ignored,
disregarded and neglected by others. • pour or throw cold water on something
colloq ...
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The Incidental Tarot: The Companion to the Cards
The expressions “in hot water” and “to throw cold water on [something]” represent
the negative aspects of the water element. Emotionally raw and unsupported.
Two of Roses: UNION Two roses grow out of a The INCIDENTAL TAROT 119.
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Jumpstart! Poetry: Games and Activities for Ages 7-12
... a blank It is top-drawer quality We should cut and run Dead as a doornail Sight
for sore eyes It is an eyesore I have the key to the problem of killing time He is the
lollipop man I am over the Moon To throw cold water on something To put your ...
Form an abstract noun from the underlined words. a. A thief is arrested for . b. A
slave has to suffer a life of c. A sadistic person is known for their d. A tyrant is
known for their _ Idiom. Explain 'To throw cold water on (something)' J 1 . CKoose
the ...
Katherine McFarlane, K. McFarlane, 1998
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idoms and Phrasal Verbs
Ipoured cold water on my head to cool myselfoff. 2. and dash cold water on
something; throw cold water on something Fig.to discourage doing some- thing;
to reduce enthusiasm for something. (Alludes to cooling passion with cold water.)
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