| 释义 |
cut (one) dead cut (one) deadTo totally ignore someone, usually out of anger or displeasure. I was hoping to reconcile with Mandy today, but when I approached, she just cut me dead.See also: cut, deadcut someone deadto ignore someone totally. Joan was just about to speak to James when he walked away and cut her dead. Jean cut her former husband dead.See also: cut, deadcut someone deadPretend not to see or recognize someone, as in "Any fellow was to be cut dead by the entire school" (Benjamin Disraeli, Vivien Grey, 1826). This idiom, in the first half of the 1600s, began as to cut one; in the early 1800s dead was added for greater emphasis. See also: cut, dead, someonecut someone dead BRITISHIf you cut someone dead, you deliberately ignore them or refuse to speak to them. I belonged to the same golf club as my father-in-law and if I ever saw him at the clubhouse he'd cut me dead. There were times when she would cut you dead.See also: cut, dead, someonecut someone dead completely ignore someone.See also: cut, dead, someonecut somebody ˈdead pretend not to see somebody or not greet somebody in order to show your anger, dislike, etc: Jim has just cut me dead in the street. I’m sure it must be because I criticized his work yesterday.See also: cut, dead, somebody |