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.

leave someone cold

to leave someone unaffected or bored. He said it was dull, and it left him cold. The music's good, but the story left the producer cold.

leave one cold

Disappoint one, fail to interest one. For example, This book leaves me cold. This expression, first recorded in 1853, employs cold in the sense of "unenthusiastic" or "indifferent," a usage dating from the late 1100s.

leave someone cold

COMMON If something leaves you cold, it does not excite or interest you at all. Given the world situation, all this chit-chat about shopping and hairdos leaves me cold. I'm afraid modern `classical' music leaves me cold.

leave someone cold

fail to interest or excite someone.

1993 James Merril A Different Person I might have waxed sentimental over the ruins of Catullus's garçonnière but places that ‘breathe History’ have always left me cold.

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.

leave someone cold

tv. to leave someone unaffected. He said it was dull, and it left him cold.

词组	leave (one) cold
释义	leave (one) 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 Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. leave someone cold to leave someone unaffected or bored. He said it was dull, and it left him cold. The music's good, but the story left the producer cold. See also: cold, leave McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. leave one cold Disappoint one, fail to interest one. For example, This book leaves me cold. This expression, first recorded in 1853, employs cold in the sense of "unenthusiastic" or "indifferent," a usage dating from the late 1100s. See also: cold, leave, one The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. leave someone cold COMMON If something leaves you cold, it does not excite or interest you at all. Given the world situation, all this chit-chat about shopping and hairdos leaves me cold. I'm afraid modern `classical' music leaves me cold. See also: cold, leave, someone Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. leave someone cold fail to interest or excite someone. 1993 James Merril A Different Person I might have waxed sentimental over the ruins of Catullus's garçonnière but places that ‘breathe History’ have always left me cold. See also: cold, leave, someone Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary 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 Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary leave someone cold tv. to leave someone unaffected. He said it was dull, and it left him cold. See also: cold, leave, someone McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: drive (one) out of office force (one) out of office force out of office cooking for one as one door closes, another (one) opens as one door closes, another one opens as one door closes, another opens give (one) (one's) head give head give somebody their head
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