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His new secretary spends ages with other customers, but when I go she gives me short shrift. In the Middle Ages a prisoner who had been condemned to death was allowed a short time to confess to a priest before the execution. The Old English word for confession was shrift and so short shrift was the short confession that the prisoner made in order to receive forgiveness from God.
give someone the cold shoulder в упор не видеть; игнорировать M E A N I N G : to treat someone in a cold way; to snub / shun someone Don’t bother to ask Mr. Brown to help with the charity event – he always gives everyone the cold shoulder. ORIGIN: This expression is thought to come from a way of showing a guest he was not wanted. The cold shoulder is the leftover meat, given in rich houses in the past to the inferior or unwelcome guest who was not considered worthy of a specially cooked meal. give your eyeteeth for something всё на свете отдать; всем пожертвовать ради ч л M E A N I N G : to want something very badly; to be willing to give up something valuable to get something else I’d give my eyeteeth to own a motorcycle like that. ORIGIN: Some people think eyeteeth got their name in the 1500s because the nerves of these teeth are close to the eyes. Eyeteeth are important because they’re used for biting and chewing. If you want something so much that you are willing to sacrifice your eyeteeth for it, that thing must be extremely important to you. A similar expression is to give your right arm for something.
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