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throw cold water on, to disparage; disapprove of; dampen the enthusiasm of: They threw cold water on her hopes to take acting classes. ... Use throw cold water on in a Sentence ... see pour cold water on.
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary ... Does your English Dictionary give you the help you need? We publish dictionaries for people learning English all over the world. ... to criticize someone's opinions or ideas and stop people believing them or being excited about the...
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2. and dash cold water on something; throw cold water on something Fig. to discourage doing something; to reduce enthusiasm for something. (Alludes to cooling passion with cold water.) When my father said I couldn't have the car, he poured cold water on my plans. ... pour/throw cold water on something...
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pour cold water on ... 1. Lit. to douse something with cold water. Pour cold water on the vegetables to freshen them. I poured cold water on my head to cool myself off. ... pour/throw cold water on something...
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NEW version 6: Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows. Verb: pour cold water on ... Be discouraging or negative about; - throw cold water on...
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From an article titled "Cold Water on 'Global Warming'" (paraphrased): ... Besides water vapor, only a few trace gases -- principally CO2 -- have this heat-trapping effect. How do we know this? Scientists have made artificial atmospheres in a laboratory and varied the compositions of the gases to find out which trap heat...
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25 Responses to “Hansen throws cold water on cooling climate claim” ... La Nina merely exposes cold deep ocean water, which absorbs heat and temporarily slows or stops atmospheric temperature increase. When La Nina stops atmospheric temperature increase resumes.
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This is not the first time that Elmendorf has torpedoed the Democrats’ plan to restructure the health care system. This makes me wonder: Just who is Douglas L. Elmendorf, and why is he throwing cold water on reform?
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New studies throw cold water on warming theory; Source: Environment & Climate News; Author: James M. Taylor; ... Hot Talk Cold Science: Global Warning's Unfinished Debate; Source: Independent Institute; Author: S. Fred Singer, Frederick Seitz;
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Be discouraging or negative about; - pour cold water on ... Derived forms: threw cold water on, throws cold water on, thrown cold water on, throwing cold water on ... throw cold water o...
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