Meaning of COLD SHOULDER - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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Has anyone ever given you the cold shoulder?
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When someone gives you the cold shoulder,
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it means that they are ignoring you.
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I thought that this was a good phrase for today
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because it had the word cold in it and as you can see,
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we're having a little bit of a snow storm here in Canada.
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It's really cool.
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But anyways, sometimes when you go to a party
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and you see someone you know
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and you go over to talk to them
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and they just kind of turn and walk away,
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we would say that they're giving you the cold shoulder.
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Or maybe you go to family event
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and you and your sister aren't getting along
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and when you go to the family dinner or the family reunion,
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your sister gives you the cold shoulder.
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That would mean that she kind of ignores you
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and doesn't give you very much attention.
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It's kinda rude to give someone the cold shoulder
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but it does happen sometimes when you don't get along,
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sometimes people give you the cold shoulder.
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As I said, we're having a little bit of a snow storm
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here in Canada and that made me think about phrases
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that had the word cold in it
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and I thought of the phrase, cold shoulder.
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There's another phrase, to be left out in the cold.
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When you're left out in the cold,
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it kinda means that people have planned something
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and they didn't tell you about it.
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So, if they leave you out in the cold,
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it means that they decided to go to a movie
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and they didn't invite you and they didn't tell you.
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They kinda left you out in the cold.
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It's not very nice when that happens.
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