cut ice

cut ice
phrasal
: to have weight or influence : be of importance — usually used in negative constructions

his opinion cuts no ice with them

a speech that did not cut much ice

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cut ice — see ice, 1
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Main Entry:cut
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cut ice
informal : to have importance to someone — usually + with;
— used in negative statements

His opinion doesn't cut any ice with me. = His opinion cuts no ice with me. [=his opinion is not important to me]

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Main Entry:ice

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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