suck all the air out ofとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

suck all the air out of ‎(三人称単数 現在形 sucks all the air out of, 現在分詞 sucking all the air out of, 過去形および過去分詞形 sucked all the air out of)

1. Alternative form of suck the air out of
   1. Used other than as an idiom: see suck,‎ all,‎ air,‎ out.
   2. To dominate or overwhelm.
      • 2015, Ryan Correy, A Purpose Ridden, ISBN 1771600659:

        The gravity of our situation sucks all the air out of the truck cab. I'm caught in a moment of deep reflection.

      • 2015, Sandra Buechler, Understanding and Treating Patients in Clinical Psychoanalysis, ISBN 1317594053:

        No one ever understands Luella's impact. It is as though she sucks all the air out of a room.

      • 2016, Stephen J. Wayne, The Election of the Century, ISBN 1315499444:

        “It makes sense, because if he [Clinton] appears with Gore, it just sucks all the air out of everything; it's all people want to talk about," Carville said.

   3. To destroy.
      • 2008, Eric Rosenblatt, The Bureaucrat of Last Resort, ISBN 0595485626, page 208:

        But his next words sucked all the air out of my rationalizations.

      • 2009, Jacqueline B Frost, Cinematography for Directors, ISBN 1615930191, page 36:

        You've got to be flexible — otherwise it sucks all the air out of the movie, and you've seen the movies that feel like a filmed storyboard.

      • 2014, William Logan, Guilty Knowledge, Guilty Pleasure: The Dirty Art of Poetry, ISBN 0231537239, page 143:

        Now he's too eager for the graveyard pun or, if he's trying too hard, the Billy Collins premise that sucks all the air out of a poem.