He threw cold water on her idea.

他向她的想法泼冷水。

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She threw cold water on her face.

她将冷水泼在她脸上。

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They threw cold water on her plan.

他们给她的计划泼冷水。

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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) started to act better until GS threw cold water on it.

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This threw cold water on hopes there would be some big announcement on fixing the EU debt crisis coming out of the EU summit meeting late this week.

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That is, if anything, less dismissive than the last time the MTA threw cold water on the notion of sending the subway system across city and state borders for the first time.

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