Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cold Shoulder

To show or give one the cold shoulder is to assume a distant manner towards a person, to indicate that you wish to cut his acquaintance. The reference is to a cold shoulder of mutton served to a stranger at dinner; there is not much of it, and even what is left is but moderate fare.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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