dash Idiom

balderdash

verbose nonsense """Please switch off the talk show. It's just balderdash."""

dash off

do or finish quickly, leave quickly I will dash off a letter now but then I must go to work.

dash off a note/letter

quickly write a note or letter and send it Josi dashed off a note to her cousin in Toronto - in English.

hopes dashed

plans ruined, dreams lost Her hopes were dashed when she failed the entrance exam.

dash down

1．throw down voilently 猛摔
He dashed the cup down in his anger．他一怒之下摔了茶杯。
2．move quickly down or along 沿着…飞奔
The horses dashed down the hill．这些马从山上飞奔而下。

dash sth off

Idiom(s): dash sth off

Theme: COMMUNICATION - WRITTEN

to send something off, usually quickly.
• I'll dash a quick note off to Aunt Mary.
• Ann just dashed off a message to her parents.

dash cold water on

Idiom(s): pour cold water on something AND dash cold water on something; throw cold water on something

Theme: DISCOURAGEMENT

to discourage doing something; to reduce enthusiasm for something.
• When my father said I couldn't have the car, he poured cold water on my plans.
• John threw cold water on the whole project by refusing to participate.
• I hate to dash cold water on your party, but you cannot use the house that night.

dash light|dash|light

n. A light on the front inside of a car or vehicle. Henry stopped the car and turned on the dash lights to read the road map.

dash off|dash

v. To make, do, or finish quickly; especially, to draw, paint, or write hurriedly. Ann took out her drawing pad and pencil and dashed off a sketch of the Indians. John can dash off several letters while Mary writes only one. Charles had forgotten to write his English report and dashed it off just before class.

throw cold water on|cold water|dash|dash cold wate

v. phr. To discourage; say or do something to discourage. We had high hopes of victory but our opponents soon threw cold water on them. Henry's father threw cold water on his plans to go to college by saying he could not afford it.

dash

dash
1.
cut a dash
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Informal to make a striking appearance or impression
2.
dash off
1) to do or write hastily
2) to rush away

dash someone's hopes

dash someone's hopes
Destroy someone's plans, disappoint or disillusion. For example, That fall dashed her hopes of a gold medal. This term uses dash in the sense of “destroy,” a usage surviving only in this idiom. [Second half of 1500s]

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