leave somebody cold

leave (one) cold

To not affect one; to bore or underwhelm one. A noun or pronoun is often used between "leave" and "cold." The presentation had some nice points, but in general it just left me cold—it needed something to keep up interest.See also: cold, leave

leave somebody ˈcold

fail to affect or interest somebody: Classical music leaves me absolutely cold, but I love rock. ♢ His kind of humour just leaves me cold.See also: cold, leave, somebody