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دسته گل به آب دادن

/ daste-gol be âb dâdan /
verb phrase (idiomatic)  ·  to blow it; to mess everything up (ironic: 'give bouquet to water')

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دسته گل به آب دادن (daste-gol be âb dâdan) means 'to blow it' or 'to mess everything up,' a pure-Persian idiom picturing a bouquet thrown into water, used when someone ruins a good situation through their own mistake.

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دسته گل به آب دادنdaste-gol be âb dâdan
دستهdasteگلgolآبābدادنdâdan
دسته گل به آب دادنdaste-gol be âb dâdan
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