idioms

  pour cold water  informal (say or do something to discourage) Sorry, I didn’t mean to pour cold water on your suggestion. Don’t pour cold water on her optimism. You’re always trying to throw cold water on my ideas. also, throw cold water   envocabulary.com

  fat chance (little or no chance) Many people applied for the job, and I have a fat chance to get it. You want me to go on a date with you? Fat chance!   envocabulary.com

  go haywire informal (stop working properly; become out of control) My computer seems to have gone haywire. Everything in the office will go haywire if I take a day off.   envocabulary.com

  under wraps (concealed; secret) We want to keep this plan under wraps for a while. They’ve kept the project under wraps for years. Most of the documents are still under wraps.   envocabulary.com

  from rags to riches (from being poor to being very rich) In this business, you can go from rags to riches. After Mike won the lottery, he went from rags to riches.     envocabulary.com