COLD SHOULDER


Meaning of COLD SHOULDER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkəuldˈʃəuldə ]

{n.}, {informal} Unfriendly treatment of a person, a showing of dislike for a person or of looking down on a person. - Used in the cliches "give the cold shoulder" or "turn a cold shoulder to" or "get the cold shoulder". * /When Bob asked Mary for a date she gave him the cold shoulder./ * /The membership committee turned a cold shoulder to Jim's request to join the club./

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