Keresés
to knock the wind out of somebody
[knock|take] the wind out of {one's} sailsto knock the wind out of somebody
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to do something, particularly something others do not expect, in order to make them feel less confident or important
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Disapproving
Idiom
Informal
Example
Sorry, I did n't mean to knock the wind out of your sails or anything.
When he found out that he did n't get the job, it really knocked the stuffing out of him.
Közeli Szavak
