throw cold water on
Example Sentences
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"Most things we do to a virus makes it weaker or not work as well, or maybe you're trying to engineer it for therapeutics, and I'd hate to see somebody throw cold water on that."
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2025
“Someone almost had to throw cold water on us,” Ms. Henner told The Toronto Star in 1993.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
Or just throw cold water on a cheerful employee.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 15, 2023
Budowich did not respond to questions about such efforts, but Trump seemed to throw cold water on the advice.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
I hate to be one of those people who throw cold water on other peoples' hopes.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
