throw cold water on

  • 41cold — /koʊld / (say kohld) adjective 1. having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: a cold day. 2. having a temperature lower than the normal temperature of the body: cold hands. 3. producing or feeling, especially in a high degree …

  • 42water — /ˈwɔtə / (say wawtuh) noun 1. the liquid which in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc., and which in a pure state is a transparent, odourless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, freezing …

  • 43cold — [[t]koʊld[/t]] adj. er, est, n. adv. adj. 1) having a relatively low temperature 2) feeling an uncomfortable lack of warmth; chilled 3) pat having a temperature lower than the normal temperature of the human body: cold hands[/ex] 4) lacking in… …

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  • 44cold — See: BLOOD RUNS COLD, BLOW HOT AND COLD, CATCH COLD or TAKE COLD, IN COLD BLOOD, OUT COLD, OUT IN THE COLD, PASS OUT(2), STONE COLD, STOP COLD, THROW COLD WATER ON …

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  • 45cold — See: BLOOD RUNS COLD, BLOW HOT AND COLD, CATCH COLD or TAKE COLD, IN COLD BLOOD, OUT COLD, OUT IN THE COLD, PASS OUT(2), STONE COLD, STOP COLD, THROW COLD WATER ON …

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  • 46cold — See: blood runs cold, blow hot and cold, catch cold or take cold, in cold blood, out cold, out in the cold, pass out(2), stone cold, stop cold, throw cold water on …

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  • 47water — See: BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER, COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, DEEP WATER, FISH OUT OF WATER, GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER, HEAD ABOVE WATER, HOLD WATER, HELL AND HIGH WATER, HOT WATER, LIKE WATER, LIKE WATER OFF A DUCK S BACK, MAKE ONE S MOUTH… …

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  • 48water — See: BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER, COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, DEEP WATER, FISH OUT OF WATER, GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER, HEAD ABOVE WATER, HOLD WATER, HELL AND HIGH WATER, HOT WATER, LIKE WATER, LIKE WATER OFF A DUCK S BACK, MAKE ONE S MOUTH… …

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  • 49water — See: blood is thicker than water, come hell or high water, deep water, fish out of water, go through hell and high water, head above water, hold water, hell and high water, hot water, like water, like water off a duck s back, make one s mouth… …

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  • 50water — I UK [ˈwɔːtə(r)] / US [ˈwɔtər] noun Word forms water : singular water plural waters *** 1) a) [uncountable] the clear liquid that falls as rain and is used for things such as drinking and washing Soldiers were able to get food and water across… …

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