reception

cool reception

An unenthusiastic, disdainful, or unfriendly welcome. My wife met me with a rather cool reception when I came home at 3 AM.
See also: cool, reception

warm welcome

A welcome to someone or something that is particularly enthusiastic and positive. The whole town turned out to give the returning war heroes a warm welcome. The new policy hasn't exactly gotten a warm welcome from citizens.
See also: warm, welcome
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

warm welcome

A hearty, hospitable reception or greeting, as in We got a very warm welcome when we finally arrived. This expression, dating from the mid-1700s, should not be confused with the similar warm reception, which from about 1700 signified a hostile welcome, as in His rivals were planning a warm reception for him.
See also: warm, welcome
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • cool reception
  • cool someone out
  • cooled out
  • cool out
  • cool beans
  • Cool beans!
  • phat phree
  • phat-phree
  • phree
  • cool customer
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The President could be seen wearing a dark suit sans a tie during his appearance at the reception, He stood near the doorway and waved at the crowd before motioning for the newly-weds to approach.
A representative of the Culture and Leisure Department of Khorezm region administration confirmed the reception was hosted at the Nurillabao Palace for EBRD delegation.
The reception was attended by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces; H.H.
The party had sent around 50,000 invitations for the reception. Main opposition Nepali Congress party president Deuba and chairpersons and top leaders from other parties also attended the reception.
The council last week put forward plans for a new "combined reception and memorabilia exhibition" area in the foyer.
It is also unclear whether or not Prince Harry and Markle are already organizing their (https://www.aol.com/article/lifestyle/2018/01/11/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-have-reportedly-chosen-their-wedding-wine-and-its-surprisingly-affordable/23331167/) wedding reception since their wedding is still four months away.
Sources told that PML-N has also decided to issue showcase notices to MPs who had not attended reception hosted by the Prime Minister.
Classicists and other scholars explore some of the broad reception of Greek playwright Aeschylus besides the well known stage productions, in such areas as political philosophy, film, in literature, and as school texts.
Butterfly Reception Class, Denbigh Community Primary School, Wallsend.
Mrs Liggat's Reception Class at St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School, Bootle
The reception was attended by a number of ministers, members of the diplomatic corps and media men.
IN today's First Class we feature youngsters from reception classes at William Cassidi Primary School in Stillington, Ings Farm Primary School, Redcar, Riverdale Primary School, Redcar, and Hummersea Primary School in Loftus.
Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) held Eid reception gatherings for its employees across the Kingdom's major cities on the first day of resuming work after Eid Al-Adha holiday.
They are taught by Mrs Wagstaff, Miss Smith and Miss Roberts Pupils from Moldgreen Community Primary School's Reception class RG Pupils from Moldgreen Community Primary School's Reception class RL Pupils from Poppy class at St Aidan's School, Skelmanthorpe.