jarro de agua fría

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌxaro de ˌaɡwa ˈfɾia/ [ˌxa.ro ð̞e ˌa.ɣ̞wa ˈfɾi.a]
  • Syllabification: ja‧rro de a‧gua frí‧a

Noun

jarro de agua fría m (plural jarros de agua fría)

  1. (idiomatic) fly in the ointment
    • 1904, Rafael Uribe Uribe, Documentos militares y políticos relativos á las campañas del general Rafael Uribe Uribe‎[1], Bogota, page 194:
      No obstante, esos señores van á decir que todo iba bien, pero que el jarro de agua fría del Manifiesto les echó á perder sus espléndidos planes.
      In spite of this, those gentlemen are going to say that everything went well, but the Manifesto’s fly in the ointment caused them to ruin their splendid plans.
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