cold shoulder

cold shoulder {n.}, {informal}

Unfriendly treatment of a person, a showing of dislike for a person or of looking down on a person. — Used in the cliches "give the cold shoulder" or "turn a cold shoulder to" or "get the cold shoulder".

When Bob asked Mary for a date she gave him the cold shoulder.

The membership committee turned a cold shoulder to Jim's request to join the club.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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cold-shoulder

[cold-shoulder] {v.}, {informal} To act towards a person with dislike or scorn; be unfriendly to. * /Fred cold-shouldered his old friend when they passed on the street./ * /It is […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

shoulder

[shoulder] See: [CHIP ON ONE'S SHOULDER], [COLD SHOULDER], [GOOD HEAD ON ONE'S SHOULDERS], [HEAD AND SHOULDERS], [PUT ONE'S SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL], [ON ONE'S SHOULDERS], [RUB ELBOWS] or [RUB SHOULDERS], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

turn a cold shoulder

[turn a cold shoulder] See: [COLD SHOULDER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

give a cold shoulder

[give a cold shoulder] See: [COLD SHOULDER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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