英语词源
wind (take the wind out of someone’s sails )使某人泄气
take the wind out of someone’s sails指通过突然将某人置于劣势而削弱其自信心。如：
She really took the wind out of my sails by telling me she’d been offered the job — I thought they were going to give it to me.
当她告知我她获得这份工作时，我顿时泄了气——我原本以为，自己会得到这份工作。
该短语源自这样一种情况：一艘船距离另一艘处于上风侧的船过近时，后者会因为没有了风而无法前行。
——摘自《单词的历史：英语词源漫谈》
