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
Anastasiy-Russian (Archaic), Bulgarian (Archaic)
Kjetil-Norwegian
MĂDĂLina-Romanian
Alkyone-Greek Mythology
MosesMOZ-əs (English)English, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Sol[sɔl]