cold shoulder 闭门羹
分类: 英语学习方法
“闭门羹”,中文俗语,意思是被摒拒在门外、被拒绝。常用来形容遭到冷遇或碰壁。可以翻译为“cold shoulder,give the cold shoulder”,表示“reject or be deliberately unfriendly”,也可以用“slam the door in somebody's face”。
例句:
接下来这两名男子同样也给他吃了闭门羹。
These next two men also gave him the cold shoulder.
这不是他第一次吃闭门羹。
It wasn't the first time he got the cold shoulder.