throw a wet blanket over

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• throw a wet blanket over/upon one's spirits — (from Idioms in Speech) to distress somebody Clare s restlessness was nothing new. To come the elder sister! To be a wet blanket! Impossible! (J. Galsworthy) Don t be such a damned old wet blanket, Dick said. Think big, man, think big. (J.… …   Idioms and examples

• blanket — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy, thick ▪ thin ▪ warm ▪ soft ▪ wool …   Collocations dictionary

• throw — /throh/, v., threw, thrown, throwing, n. v.t. 1. to propel or cast in any way, esp. to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball. 2. to hurl or project (a missile), as a gun… …   Universalium

• Moderation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Moderation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 moderation moderation lenity &c. 740 Sgm: N 1 temperateness temperateness gentleness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 sobriety sobriety Sgm: N 1 quiet quiet …   English dictionary for students

• discourage — v 1. dishearten, dispirit, dampen one s spirits, cast a pall, blunt; disenchant, damp, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, put a damper on; daunt, dismay, intimidate, overawe, cow, abash, appall; unnerve, prostrate, unman. 2. divert,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• indispose — v 1. incapacitate, disable, debilitate, unfit, inactivate; disqualify, invalidate, disenable; put out of action, put out of commission, put out of gear, Sl. put out of whack, Inf. sideline, lay up, hospitalize; devitalize, enfeeble, extenuate,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Mimi Smith — Mary Elizabeth (Mimi) Smith Born 24 April 1903 Liverpool, England …   Wikipedia

• dull — adj 1. unintelligent, witless, slow witted, dull witted; stolid, obtuse, crass, Boeotian, bovine, blockish, lumpish; dense, thick headed, Inf. thick, slow, stupid, Brit., Australian Inf. dill, Scot, and North Eng. dowf; backward, doltish, Sl.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• George Toogood Smith — Infobox Person name = George Toogood Smith image size = caption = George Smith birth date = 1903 birth place = Liverpool death date = death date and age|1955|6|05|1903|1|1|df=y occupation = Milkman, Bookmaker spouse = Mimi Smith (née Stanley)… …   Wikipedia

• deject — v dispirit, dishearten, daunt, take the heart out of, Inf. take the starch out of, Sl. bring down, Dial. take the tuck out of; discourage, dampen, put a damper on one s spirits, Inf. put a wet blanket on, Inf. throw cold water on; sadden, dismay …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• dishearten — v 1. daunt, dismay, unnerve, unman, intimidate, cow; appall, frighten, affright; disconcert, Inf. shake up, abash. 2. discourage, dispirit, take the heart out of, Inf. take the starch out of, Dial. take the tuck out of; depress, deject, sadden,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder