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What (who) is cold-shoulder - definition
ALBUM BY CULTURE CLUB
Don't Mind if I Do; Cold Shoulder (Culture Club song)
Cold shoulder
PHRASE USED TO EXPRESS DISMISSAL OR THE ACT OF DISREGARDING SOMEONE
Cold Shoulder; Cold shoulder (phrase); Cold shoulder treatment
"Cold shoulder" is a phrase used to express dismissal or the act of disregarding someone. Its origin is attributed to Sir Walter Scott in a work published in 1816, which is in fact a mistranslation of an expression from the Vulgate Bible.
cold shoulder
PHRASE USED TO EXPRESS DISMISSAL OR THE ACT OF DISREGARDING SOMEONE
Cold Shoulder; Cold shoulder (phrase); Cold shoulder treatment
n. (colloq.)
snub
to give smb. the cold shoulder
cold shoulder
PHRASE USED TO EXPRESS DISMISSAL OR THE ACT OF DISREGARDING SOMEONE
Cold Shoulder; Cold shoulder (phrase); Cold shoulder treatment
(cold-shoulders, cold-shouldering, cold-shouldered)
Note: The form 'cold-shoulder' is used for the verb.
1.
If one person gives another the cold shoulder, they behave towards them in an unfriendly way, to show them that they do not care about them or that they want them to go away.
But when Gough looked to Haig for support, he was given the cold shoulder.
N-SING: usu the N
2.
If one person cold-shoulders another, they give them the cold-shoulder.
Even her own party considered her shrewish and nagging, and cold-shouldered her in the corridors.
VERB: V n
Wikipedia
Don't Mind If I Do (Culture Club album)
Don't Mind If I Do is the fifth album by the British new wave band Culture Club, released in 1999 by Virgin Records. The album was released only in Europe and Japan, though some promo copies also circulated in Australia.
Examples of use of cold-shoulder
1. The authorities and government also give them the cold shoulder.
2. Even the city‘s ball–loving philanthropists turned a cold shoulder.
3. "I felt like the art scene was giving me the cold shoulder," Faber says.
4. Anti–Syrian politicians gave him a cold shoulder and all attempts to forge electoral alliances failed.
5. The Palestinians accuse Israel of giving Abbas the cold shoulder before Hamas won elections.