throw cold water on

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throw cold water on something also pour 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.

See also: cold, throw, water

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What good can it do you to throw cold water on that corpse and get up that selfish theory that there ain't been any murder? Tom Sawyer Detective by Twain, Mark View in context I'm sorry to throw cold water on the subject; but excuse me. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context Godfrey would not go to Tarley and throw cold water on what Mr. Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context More results

? References in classic literature

What good can it do you to throw cold water on that corpse and get up that selfish theory that there ain't been any murder?

Tom Sawyer Detective by Twain, Mark View in context

I'm sorry to throw cold water on the subject; but excuse me.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

Godfrey would not go to Tarley and throw cold water on what Mr.

Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context

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