Last Updated :2026/01/06

出鼻をくじく

Hiragana
でばなをくじく
Kanji
出鼻を挫く
Verb
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
物事を始めようとするその矢先に、やる気や勢いをそいでしまうこと。 / 誰かが意気込んで始めようとする行動や計画の調子をくじき、出足を止めてしまうこと。
Easy Japanese Meaning
はじめからうまくやろうとする人のやる気やはりきりをじゃますること
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
在一开始就挫对方的锐气 / 打击对方热情,使其泄气 / 阻挠对方的起步势头
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
破壞對方剛起步的氣勢 / 澆熄對方的熱情 / 挫其銳氣
Korean Meaning
시작부터 기세를 꺾다 / 의욕을 꺾다 / 김을 빼다
Vietnamese Meaning
phá hỏng khởi đầu của ai đó / dập tắt khí thế, làm cụt hứng / lấy đi động lực, làm mất nhuệ khí
Tagalog Meaning
sirain ang simula ng iba / tanggalan ng loob ang isang tao, lalo na sa umpisa / pahupain ang sigla o gana sa umpisa
What is this buttons?

I said something that spoiled the start of his new business plan.

Chinese (Simplified) Translation

我不小心说了句话,挫伤了他对新商业计划的热情。

Chinese (Traditional) Translation

我不小心說了句會打擊他新商業計畫開端的話。

Korean Translation

그의 새로운 사업 계획의 출발을 꺾는 말을 해버렸다.

Vietnamese Translation

Tôi đã vô tình nói điều làm mất đà cho kế hoạch kinh doanh mới của anh ấy.

Tagalog Translation

Nasabi ko ang isang bagay na sumira sa magandang simula ng kanyang bagong plano sa negosyo.

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(idiomatic) to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

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(idiomatic) to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

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出鼻をくじく

彼の新しいビジネスプランを出鼻をくじくようなことを言ってしまった。

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I said something that spoiled the start of his new business plan.

I said something that spoiled the start of his new business plan.

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彼の新しいビジネスプランを出鼻をくじくようなことを言ってしまった。

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