take the wind out of someone's sails
расстроить чьи-либо планы, выбить почву из под ног, обескуражить
Kathy's answer was so cool, so rich in bravado that it took the wind out of his sails.
Другие идиомы:
- take (someone or something) off (someone's) hands
- take (someone) up on (something)
- take it easy on (someone or something)
- take a nosedive
- take (someone) to the cleaners
- take care of number one
- take one's eye off the ball
- take a leaf out of (someone's) book
- take (someone) to task
- take on (something)
- take note of (something)
- take (someone or something) in hand
- take five
- take it into one's head to do (something)
- take the wind out of one's sails