jdm. den Dampf abdrehen

to cut off someone's steam

Türkçe: birinin hevesini kırmak

Noun

Dampf m.

Verb

abdrehen

Topic

Alltag und Redewendungen

In a sentence

Der Chef drehte dem faulen Mitarbeiter den Dampf ab.

How it is used

Idiom meaning to cut off someone's momentum or enthusiasm. Colloquial register. Use when a manager shuts down a creative idea in a meeting. Implies deliberate discouragement; stronger than 'entmutigen'.

Other verbs that go with Dampf

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• Dampf erzeugento generate steam
• Dampf ablassento let off steam
• jdm. Dampf machento pressure or urge someone to work faster/harder

All collocations with Dampf