NOT GIVE SB THE TIME OF DAY


Meaning of NOT GIVE SB THE TIME OF DAY in English

to refuse to speak to sb because you do not like or respect them :

Since the success of her novel, people shake her hand who once wouldn't have given her the time of day.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.