Pour Cold Water On (Verb)
Meaning
Be discouraging or negative about.
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
Examples
- Her constant criticism poured cold water on my dreams of becoming an artist.
- The manager poured cold water on the team's enthusiasm by saying the project was unlikely to succeed.
- His lack of support poured cold water on her plans for starting her own business.
- The forecast of bad weather poured cold water on our hopes for a fun day at the beach.
- The expert's warning poured cold water on the investors' excitement about the new technology.