Question of the Day #966

Experts pour cold water on Yousaf’s hydrogen plan

From the headline of this article at The Times.

  上記の文で、pour cold water onの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "pour cold water on" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. ～に冷水を浴びせる
2. ～に水を差す、～にけちをつける

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

be discouraging or negative about

   

Examples

• Cutting my year-end bonus poured cold water on my loyalty to the company.
• Hearing about the outbreak of cholera threw cold water on our plans to visit Bolivia.
• The education secretary poured cold water on the recommendations of a working party.
• But the legal profession has poured cold water on such claims. - The Guardian (2015)
• A statement yesterday poured cold water on any hopes that a rival, higher offer would emerge. - Times, Sunday Times (2016)

   

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