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.

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

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

References in periodicals archive

To leave somebody cold is 'not excite or interest somebody', while left out in the cold is 'ignored by a group'.

General attitudinal meanings in RP intonation

词组	leave somebody cold
释义	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 Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. 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 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 References in periodicals archive To leave somebody cold is 'not excite or interest somebody', while left out in the cold is 'ignored by a group'. General attitudinal meanings in RP intonation
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