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shrug shoulders

shrug your shoulders

to not care or feel unable to do anything The reason most people aren't excited about the election is that both candidates leave them shrugging their shoulders.
Related vocabulary: shrug something off
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of shrug your shoulders (to move your shoulders up as you move your head down to show you do not care or are discouraged)
See also: shoulder, shrug

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nikola (1)-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Czech, Basque, Medieval Slavic
Lisbeth['lizbəθ]
Yehu'-Biblical Hebrew
Hisein-Arabic
Neilina-Scottish
Franciscusfrahn-SIS-kus (Dutch)Late Roman, Dutch
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