Cold Shoulder

Cold Shoulder: Origins and Usage of the Phrase 'To Give/Show the Cold Shoulder'
Explore the origins, meanings, and cultural significance of the phrase 'to give/show the cold shoulder,' a term denoting indifference or snubbing, with roots in 19th-century customs.

Cliché Dictionary

Topic-first explanations of English expressions, with the legacy A-Z archive kept as secondary lookup.