出端をくじく

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: S
For pronunciation and definitions of 出端をくじく – 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
(This term, 出端をくじく, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)