Multiple choice

Directions: Find out the correct meaning of the given idiom/phrase.

To give one a cold shoulder

  1. investigate

  2. to receive in an indiferent and cold manner

  3. to pull on well

  4. none
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The idiom "to give someone the cold shoulder" means to deliberately treat someone in an unfriendly, indifferent, or aloof manner. It is a form of social rejection where one intentionally ignores or behaves coldly toward another person. Note that option B has a spelling error (indiferent should be indifferent). The phrase is about intentional coldness in social behavior.

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