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
(This term, でばなをくじく, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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