Cold Shoulder
What it means
Deliberate unfriendliness towards someone you have decided to freeze out.
Where it comes from
The story about serving unwanted guests a cold shoulder of mutton is invented. Walter Scott put the phrase into print in the 1810s, and it is about turning your shoulder rather than your face.
The puzzle it came from
Cold Shoulder was the answer to the Phrasicle of August 28, 2025. The clue read ____ ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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dirt
bike
ride
share
price
broad
shoulder
blade
runner
up
potato
salad
dressing
room
divider
common
cold
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Phrasicle: Cold Shoulder