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でばなをくじく
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For pronunciation and definitions of
でばなをくじく
– see the following entry.
【
出鼻をくじく
】
[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
,
出ばなをくじく
,
出ばなを挫く
(This term,
でばなをくじく
, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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