| 单词 | to give the cold shoulder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give the cold shoulder Used figuratively, chiefly in the phrase to show the cold shoulder, explained in the Glossary to the Antiquary as ‘To appear cold and reserved’; now also to give the cold shoulder: to display intentional and marked coldness, or studied indifference. A ‘cold shoulder of mutton’ as a dish has suggested many puns and allusive uses. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > be discourteous [verb (intransitive)] > not be affable to make oneself strange1390 to make (it) strangec1405 to make (it) strange1598 to wait one's distance1600 to wait one's distance1642 starch1698 prim1721 to cast snowballs1725 to put on the stranger1809 to show the cold shoulder1816 stiffen1864 to play hard to get1929 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > treat discourteously [verb (transitive)] > treat with lack of affability to show the cold shoulder1816 cold-shoulder1843 to keep (a person) at (the) stick's end1884 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. iv. 69 The Countess's dislike did na gang farther at first than just shewing o' the cauld shouther. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. iv. 91 I must tip him the cold shoulder, or he will be pestering me eternally. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lxvi. 177 He gives me the cold shoulder on this very matter. 1860 W. M. Thackeray Lovel i [She] got to dislike me at last and to show me the cold shoulder. 1864 Reader 611 The cold shoulder given from the Admiralty. 1884 Illustr. London News 9 Feb. 137/1 The cold shoulder is not a palatable dish. < as lemmas |
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