US /kold ˈʃoldɚ/
・UK /kəuld ˈʃəuldə/
You say, "Turning a blind eye, giving someone the cold shoulder, looking down on people, seeing right through them." And then you're basically saying that these metaphors of kind of condescending and dismissive behavior, they're actually being shown in certain research settings to be very real.
giving someone the cold shoulder looking down on people
Our neighbors give us the cold shoulder.
Our neighbors give us the cold shoulder.
and I said, "Please tell me that he's not funding labs." And they said, "No, he approached us, we gave him the cold shoulder." You know, they're—you know, they vet very carefully, which is what MIT didn't do.
I said, "Please tell me that he's not funding labs." You know, they said, "Nope." He approached us, we gave him the cold shoulder.
Or she might start to withdraw and give Eric the cold shoulder, as punishment for talking to Mary.
Or she might start to withdraw and give Eric the cold shoulder as punishment for talking to Mary.
So instead, they'll give you the cold shoulder, tell you backhanded compliments or whisper snide remarks about you under their breath.
Another slang phrase is the cold shoulder.
If you give somebody a cold shoulder means you are ignoring them on purpose.
All I'm saying is that, at least for me as an entrepreneur, I reside in the latter where I'm not going to take that risk of coming up with something completely different and be left kind of cold shoulder-ish in the marketplace versus kind of going in with it and replicating something and then innovating it by, I would, executing them after I've reached a certain point.
All I'm saying is that, at least for me as an entrepreneur, I reside in the latter where I'm not going to take that risk of coming up with something completely different and be left kind of cold shoulder-ish in the marketplace versus kind of going in with it and replicating something and then innovating it by out-executing them after I've reached a certain point.
Most of the people we spoke to were suspicious of America's president and ready to give him the cold shoulder.
On the streets of Moscow, most of the people we spoke to were suspicious of America's president and ready to give him the cold shoulder.
Let's see how long you keep those customers when you give them the cold shoulder.
Let's see how long you keep those customers when you give them the cold shoulder.
Talk about your cold shoulder.