- give a cold shoulder
- See: COLD SHOULDER.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
give a cold shoulder
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give the cold shoulder — index ignore Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
give the cold shoulder — [v] snub act cool*, brush off*, disregard, eject, ignore, make unwelcome, neglect, ostracize, shun, turn up one’s nose*, upstage; concept 30 … New thesaurus
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 the cold shoulder — give (someone) the cold shoulder to behave towards someone in a way that is not at all friendly, sometimes for reasons that this person does not understand. What have I done to him? He gave me the cold shoulder the whole evening at the party … New idioms dictionary
give a cold shoulder — See: COLD SHOULDER … Dictionary of American idioms
give\ a\ cold\ shoulder — See: cold shoulder … Словарь американских идиом
give\ the\ cold\ shoulder — See: cold shoulder … Словарь американских идиом
give the cold shoulder — ever since Deke s party, Linnie has been giving me the cold shoulder Syn: snub, shun, ignore, rebuff, spurn, ostracize, cut out; informal freeze out … Thesaurus of popular words
give the cold shoulder — be intentionally cold or unsympathetic, show indifference … English contemporary dictionary
give a cold shoulder to — treat in an unkindly manner, behave indifferently towards … English contemporary dictionary
