出ばなをくじく

Japanese

Kanji in this term
出
Grade: 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 出ばなをくじく – see the following entry.

【出鼻でばなをくじく】 [verb] (idiomatic) to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails Alternative spellings 出鼻を挫く, 出端をくじく, 出端を挫く, 出ばなを挫く

(This term, 出ばなをくじく, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)