- show the cold shoulder
- show the cold shoulder▪ To show studied indifference▪ To give a rebuff● cold
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
show the cold shoulder
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the cold shoulder — a show of intentional unfriendliness; rejection why is even his own family giving him the cold shoulder? * * * the cold shoulder : cold and unfriendly treatment from someone who knows you He got the cold shoulder from his former boss when he saw… … Useful english dictionary
give the cold shoulder — give (someone/something) the cold shoulder to show no interest in someone or something. Our town council has given the cold shoulder to a proposal to build a public swimming pool. I d love to know why Bill gave the cold shoulder to Janice … New idioms dictionary
give someone the cold shoulder — give (someone/something) the cold shoulder to show no interest in someone or something. Our town council has given the cold shoulder to a proposal to build a public swimming pool. I d love to know why Bill gave the cold shoulder to Janice … New idioms dictionary
give something the cold shoulder — give (someone/something) the cold shoulder to show no interest in someone or something. Our town council has given the cold shoulder to a proposal to build a public swimming pool. I d love to know why Bill gave the cold shoulder to Janice … New idioms dictionary
the cold shoulder — a show of intentional unfriendliness; rejection. → cold … English new terms dictionary
cold-shoulder — cold shoulders, cold shouldering, cold shouldered 1) N SING: usu the N If one person gives another the cold shoulder, they behave towards them in an unfriendly way, to show them that they do not care about them or that they want them to go away.… … English dictionary
cold shoulder — If you give or show someone the cold shoulder, you are deliberately unfriendly and unco operative towards them … The small dictionary of idiomes
give the cold shoulder — be intentionally cold or unsympathetic, show indifference … English contemporary dictionary
cold-shoulder — /koʊld ˈʃoʊldə / (say kohld shohlduh) verb (t) to ignore; show indifference to. {from the phrase the cold shoulder. See shoulder (def. 25) …
cold shoulder — If you give or show someone the cold shoulder, you are deliberately unfriendly and unco operative towards them. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
