Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “take the wind out of someone’s sails“ and its meaning is “If you take the wind out of someone’s sails, you keep them from reaching their objectives. You create a barrier or block them in some way”.
Example Sentence: The CPI(M) legislator M.M. Mani’s comments against MLA Revolutionary Marxist Party of India (RMPI) leader K.K. Rema has triggered a furore in Kerala… Besides lowering the quality of public debate, diverting attention from the State government’s development agenda and making the government’s commitment of ensuring women’s rights sound hollow (appear meaningless), Mr. Mani’s comment has also threatened to take the wind out of the LDF’s opposition to the Lok Sabha secretariat’s announcement that certain words and expressions would be considered unparliamentary.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Progressive State, regressive remarks and click here to read it.
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