English Idioms: Cold Shoulder

Cold Shoulder

An intentional display of estrangement and neglect.

Dictionary definitions:

Cold [kould]

• Cold, chilly;
• Cold, unfriendly, unkind;
• Cold, indifferent, unmoved, impassive;
• Dead.

Shoulder ['ʃouldə]

• Shoulder, upper arm;
• Push / shove with shoulder.
• Edge, bearing ring, forehead, projection, prominence, step;
• Shoulder (on road) (and hard SHOULDER);
• Branch (of mountain range), slope;

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