Cold Shoulder

#####Cold Shoulder

Welcome to English in a Minute!

This is a shoulder.

COLD SHOULDER

So if I get a cold shoulder, should I just wear warmer colthing?

Hey!I got your email about the party.

Thanks for inviting me.

But why didn’t you invite Megan?

She’s a trouble _maker.

I get a bad feeling every time

I’m around her.

So you’re giving her the cold shoulder.

Yeah,that is the best way to deal with people like that.

This expression is not about temperature.

“Cold”also means distant or unfriendly.

So when you give someone

the cold shoulder,you ignore them.

This phrase my come from the fact that when you ignore someone.

you turn your body,shoulders included, away from them.

And that’s English in a Minute!