An idiom is an accepted phrase or expression that does not mean
literally what it says.
She "threw cold water on" the project.
"Throw cold water on" is an idiom meaning "discourage" or "kill
enthusiasm for." Type the letter of the idiom that is built on the
word "throw" that best fits the following meaning:
a. throw a monkey wrench into
b. throw oneself into
c. throw oneself upon
d. throw open
e. throw over
f. throw together
g. throw back
h. throw in
i. throw away
1. engage in with vigor (A)throw a monkey wrench into
2. give up; abandon; jilt (C)throw oneself upon
3. fail to make use of (B) throw oneself into
4. add free of charge (D) throw open
6. rely on for support (H) throw in
7. revert to ancestral type (G) throw back
8. obstruct by interference (E)throw over
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