turn\ a\ cold\ shoulder

turn\ a\ cold\ shoulder
See: cold shoulder

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • turn a cold shoulder — See: COLD SHOULDER …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • turn a cold shoulder — See: COLD SHOULDER …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • To turn a cold shoulder to — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • turn the cold shoulder — send an unfriendly signal, distance oneself …   English contemporary dictionary

  • turn a cold shoulder to — phrasal : to treat with neglect or indifference : snub …   Useful english dictionary

  • cold shoulder — {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… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cold shoulder — {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… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cold\ shoulder — noun 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… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • cold shoulder — Synonyms and related words: blink, brush off, carefully ignore, cut, cut a corner, cut corners, cut direct, dismissal, disregard, dodge, fudge, high hat, humiliation, not receive, ostracize, pass over, pass over lightly, rebuff, refusal, repulse …   Moby Thesaurus

  • 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

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