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
DonaldDAHN-əld (English)Scottish, English
MathewMATH-yooEnglish
Christianekris-tee-AH-nə (German), krees-TYAHN (French)German, French
Oier-Basque
Kaja (1)KAH-yah (Swedish, Estonian)Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Estonian, Slovene
Spomenka-Croatian