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
RÍOghnÁN-Irish
Onur-Turkish
Lewella-Welsh
NannyNAN-eeEnglish
IrmtraudEERM-trowtGerman
ElioE-lyoItalian