9 phrases found for the topic Indifference
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Phrase: Not to give / care a damn
Meaning: Not to worry at all, not to give a shit.
Example:
I do not care a damn about those colonialist people. As a matter of fact, I consider them enemies of my people.
Date: 25-05-2019
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Phrase: Not to give / care a shit
Meaning: Not to bother at all, not to give a damn.
Example:
American people don't give a shit (about all that load of rubbish).
Date: 25-05-2019
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Phrase: Like water off a duck's back
Meaning: If something is like water off a duck's back to somebody, he or she ignores it completely.
Example:
No matter what you tell him, it is like water off a duck's back. He will not even bat an eyelid.
Date: 16-05-2018
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Phrase: Be conspicuous by somebody's absence
Meaning: Somebody should be present, but he or she does not attend.
Example:
The chairwoman was conspicuous by her absence in the meeting, ie she did not attend, and everybody noticed it.
Date: 14-05-2018
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Phrase: Be (left) on the shelf
Meaning: Not to have been married; forgotten and out of reach.
Examples:
You are over forty, and have never had a boyfriend. You should find one soon, and get married, or you will be left on the shelf.
All our proposals have been left on the shelf, that is, ignored. We are not going to co-operate with you any longer.
Date: 07-12-2017
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Phrase: Give someone/something the cold shoulder
Meaning: To turn your back on somebody/something, not to support somebody/something, to be unfriendly towards somebody, to ignore somebody/something:
I regret to inform you that they gave our proposal the cold shoulder, which is why we will not be able to help the needy any longer.
I can't understand why she gave me the cold shoulder at the party last evening. She ignored me completely.
Date: 24-07-2015
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Phrase: Turn a deaf ear to something or somebody
Meaning: Not to pay attention to or ignore somebody's requests/demands/words: Those politicians who turn a deaf ear to the people's needs should be removed from power
Date: 11-03-2015
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Phrase: Be up in the clouds
Meaning: Be miles away, daydreaming or not practical:
She is always up in the clouds in class (that is, she does not pay attention to what her teacher says because she is daydreaming)
His ideas are up in the clouds (that is, they cannot be carried out because they are impractical)
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Phrase: Not to bat an eyelid
Meaning: Not to seem to be affected by something, or to mind or bother about something:
When I told my father that I had crashed his luxury car into a wall, he did not bat an eyelid
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