brush off Idioma
brush off
1.remove with a brush;disappear or come off as a result of being brushed 刷去;刷落
She brushed off the dust on her shoes.她刷去鞋子上的灰尘。
Don't worry,the dirt will brush off easily.别着急,这脏东西很容易刷掉。
He brushed the hairs off.她把身上的头发刷去了。
2.reject;dismiss curtly;not take seriously 拒绝;毫不客气地把…打发走;对…不在乎
He brushed off all our suggestions.他拒绝了我们所有的建议。
I invited him to watch an opera with me yesterday,but he brushed me off.昨天我邀请他同我一起去看戏,但是他毫不客气地拒绝了。
I didn't expect her to brush us off like this.我没有料到她会这样拒绝我们。
He cut his finger but he brushed it off and kept on working.他划破了手指,但他若无其事地继续工作。
brush off|brush|give the brush off
v. phr. 1. To refuse to hear or believe; quickly and impatiently; not take seriously or think important.
John brushed off Bill's warning that he might fall from the tree. I said that it might rain and to take the bus, but Joe gave my idea the brushoff. Father cut his finger but he brushed it off as not important and kept working. 2.
informal To be unfriendly to; not talk or pay attention to (someone); get rid of.
Mary brushed off Bill at the dance. I said hello to Mr. Smith, but he gave me the brushoff. Compare: COLD SHOULDER, HIGH-HAT.
Antonym: GET THE BRUSH OFF.
brush off
1. verb Literally, to abolish article by applying a across-the-board achievement to it or the apparent it's on, about with one's hand. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "brush" and "off." Be abiding to besom off that armchair afore you sit down. I stood up and brushed the crumbs off my shirt.2. verb To casually, unexpectedly, or brusquely abolish or avoid addition or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "brush" and "off." You can't aloof besom off the students' questions—they deserve answers. I haven't heard aback from that company, so I assumption they're abrasion my complaint off.3. verb To avert or avoid article in adjustment to abide artless by it. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "brush" and "off." If you're activity to address for a above publication, you charge to be able to besom off criticism. So you fabricated an error—just besom it off and try to do bigger abutting inning.4. noun The act of casually, unexpectedly, or brusquely absolution or blank addition or something. In this usage, the byword is usually hyphenated. Be honest and acquaint John that you're not absorbed in dating anymore—don't aloof accord him the brush-off. I haven't heard aback from that company, so I assumption my complaint is accepting the brush-off.Learn more: brush, off*brush-off
Fig. rejection; actuality casting abreast and ignored. (*Typically: get ~; accord addition ~.) Don't allocution to Tom. He'll aloof accord you the brush-off. I went up to her and asked for a date, but I got the brush-off.