出ばなを挫く

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: S
For pronunciation and definitions of 出ばなを挫く – 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, 出ばなを挫く, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)