shrug one's shoulders



shrug one's shoulders

Show indecision or indifference, as in When I asked her if she minded staying home, she just shrugged her shoulders. This redundant idiom- shrug means "to raise and contract the shoulders"-dates from about 1450.
See also: shoulder, shrug

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Meliora-Various
Korneliakawr-NE-lee-ah (German), kawr-NEL-yah (Polish)German, Polish
Lamia (2)-Greek Mythology
ZvjezdanaZVYEZ-dah-nahCroatian
Jaroslava-Czech, Slovak
Deliciadə-LISH-əEnglish (Rare)