出鼻を挫く

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 出鼻を挫く – see the following entry.

[verb] (idiomatic) to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

(This term, 出鼻を挫く, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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