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
Aristodemos-Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Briseida-Literature
Mikhailmee-khah-EEL (Russian)Russian, Bulgarian
Tygo-Dutch
Guerino-Italian
AmÉRicoah-ME-ree-ko (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese