get the cold shoulder

get the cold shoulder
   paзг.
   cтoлкнутьcя c нeпpиятнocтями, пpeнeбpeжитeльным oтнoшeниeм
    He had come home, a jubilant prodigal, expecting to find everybody wild with joy over his return; and instead had got the cold shoulder and a jail (M. Twain). Although Lister had now proved the value of his treatment, London surgeons were strangely hostile... He got the "cold shoulder". But he did not care. He knew his work would speak for him (Daily Worker)

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  • get the cold shoulder — get/be given/the cold shoulder informal phrase to be treated in an unfriendly way by someone you know Thesaurus: to fail or refuse to communicate with someonesynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • be given the cold shoulder — get/be given/the cold shoulder informal phrase to be treated in an unfriendly way by someone you know Thesaurus: to fail or refuse to communicate with someonesynonym Main entry …   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 — n (give sb/get) the cold shoulder to behave in an unfriendly way towards someone that you know >cold shoulder v [T] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 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 — noun get/be given the cold shoulder INFORMAL to be treated in an unfriendly way by someone you know …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • shoulder, give sb the cold - — What did the cannibal get when he was late for dinner? The cold shoulder …   English expressions

  • cold shoulder — UK / US noun get/be given the cold shoulder informal to be treated in an unfriendly way by someone you know …   English dictionary

  • The Cold Room — Infobox Film name = The Cold Room image size = caption = director = James Dearden producer = Mark Forstater Bob Weiss writer = James Dearden novel: Jeffrey Caine narrator = starring = George Segal Amanda Pays Renee Soutendijk Warren Clarke… …   Wikipedia

  • get the brush-off — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To be paid no attention; not be listened to or thought important. * /My idea for a party got the brush off from the other children./ 2. To be treated in an unkind or unfriendly way; be ignored. * /Frank and Jane had an… …   Dictionary of American idioms


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