Question of the Day #1241

When Clance spotted Shereine at his local lunch spot in Toronto, he just had to approach her. For six months, she gave him the cold shoulder.

From the first paragraph of this article at Essence.

  上記の文で、give someone the cold shoulderの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "give someone the cold shoulder" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

（人）に冷たい［よそよそしい］態度を取る、（人）に冷たく［よそよそしく・すげなく］する、（人）を冷たく［素っ気なく］あしらう、（人）を冷遇する

   

Answer

According to Wiktionary:

(idiomatic) To snub, resist or reject somebody; to regard somebody distantly.

 

Examples

1. I must have made him angry with my comment. He’s been giving me the cold shoulder ever since I said it.
2. I thought she really liked me, but the next day she gave me the cold shoulder.
3. Investors have been giving the company the cold shoulder for some time.
4. Washington has given the general the cold shoulder.
5. Cinemagoers have been giving the film the cold shoulder.

   

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