でばなをくじく・ではなをくじく

出鼻をくじく

表記・読み：出鼻を挫く・出端を挫く・出端をくじく・出ばなをくじく・出ばなを挫く・出はなをくじく・出はなを挫く・でばなをくじく

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

   expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)五段動詞（く）idiomatic expression