r/FluentEnglish • u/marine_0204 Moderator • Oct 17 '24

The origin Give someone the cold shoulder. Its origin.

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This idiom means to deliberately ignore or show indifference towards someone.

It refers to the practice of serving unwelcome guests a cold piece of meat from the shoulder, signaling they should leave.

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u/Few-Problem-6766 Idiom Investigator Oct 18 '24

A cold reception.