でばなをくじく

Japanese

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 (debanaokujiku), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)