throw cold water on
Example Sentences
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“These developments throw cold water on the idea of a swift de-escalation in the Persian Gulf,” analysts at ING said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
"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
The souring stock market and the rekindling of long-dormant inflation also throw cold water on the idea of retiring now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
Last week Toshiro Muto, the CEO of the Tokyo organizing committee, said he was “seriously worried that the spread of the infectious disease could throw cold water on the momentum toward the games.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2020
I don't like to throw cold water on any proposition, but if you want my opinion, I must say I see no necessity for making a public thing of it in that way.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, July 8th 1893 by Various
