throw cold water on

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)(of anachievement,emotion,idea,suggestion, etc.)Tobelittleordismiss; tocastdoubtupon; todebunk.Synonym:pour cold water on1815December 23,[Jane Austen], chapter XVII, inEmma: A Novel. In Three Volumes, volume III, London: Printed forJohn Murray, published1816,→OCLC,page329:Oh! no; there would be a Mrs. Knightley tothrow cold water onevery thing.—Extremely disagreeable!1904, Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer), “Something about the Military Academy”, inThe Rover Boys in Camp: or The Rivals of Pine Island(Famous Rover Boys' Series), New York, N.Y.:Grosset & Dunlap,→OCLC,page49:"Now, Peleg, don'tthrow cold water onmy enthusiasm," said Tom reproachfully.2008January 15, Don Walker, “Forget the wind chill. How 'bout that windfall?: With the Packers' season in double overtime, Brown County businesses are seeing green”, inMilwaukee Journal Sentinel‎[1], Milwaukee, Wis.: Journal Sentinel,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe originalon9 March 2016:Sports economists tend tothrow cold water onsuch studies, saying they often rely on unreliable or exaggerated data.

Examples:

EN: I hate to throw cold water on your little adventure but I must warn you .. I too have had a visitor.
ES: Odio tirar un jarro de agua fría a tu aventura, pero debo advertirte... yo también he tenido una visita.
EN: I hate to throw cold water on you.
ES: Odio echarte un balde de agua fría.
EN: You get all steamed up about something then you throw cold water on it. Come on!
ES: Te enfadas por algo y luego echas agua fría. ¡Vamos!
EN: I don't want to throw cold water on your plans... ... butaren'tyouforgetting certain financial obligations?
ES: No quiero aguarte la fiesta pero, ¿no te olvidas de tus obligaciones económicas?
EN: This is no time to throw cold water on him.
ES: No es hora de ponerle trabas.
EN: I don't mean to throw cold water on your fervor.
ES: No quiero enfriar su fervor.
EN: We can't use them. Chief, I hate to throw cold water on your investigation, but that candlestick was planted in the guesthouse.
ES: Jefe, siento arrojar agua fría sobre su investigación... pero ese candelabro lo pusieron adrede en la casa de invitados.
EN: I don't want to have to throw cold water on you.
ES: No quiero tener que lanzarte agua fría.
EN: Or am I gonna have to throw cold water on you both?
ES: O tendré que echarles agua fría.
EN: You're not going to throw cold water on this because it's Luke directing?
ES: ¿No vas a criticar la idea porque Luke sea el director?
EN: Do I have to throw cold water on you two?
ES: ¿Tengo que echarles agua helada?
EN: And I really don't mean to throw cold water on your idea, but it's not a real person.
ES: Y realmente no quiero desechar tu idea, pero no es una persona real.
EN: I gotta throw cold water on you.
ES: Tengo que echarte agua fría.
EN: Then, why do you throw cold water on before we shake them?
ES: Entonces, ¿porqué les echaría agua fría antes de que los sacudamos?
EN: When a patient passes out, I normally throw cold water on them.
ES: Cuando un paciente se desmaya, normalmente les echo agua fría.

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