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head shrinker

a psychiatrist The man was told to go and see a head shrinker after he threatened the woman in the store several times.

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no shrinking violet

a bold woman, not a timid woman Barb will defend her rights. She's no shrinking violet.

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short shrift

rude treatment She received short shrift from her supervisor when she asked for a holiday.

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shrink/head shrink

psychiatrist, therapist If I can't manage my personal life, I can always visit a shrink.

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shrinking violet

(See no shrinking violet)

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shrug it off

not let it affect you or bother you He was hurt by the remark, but he shrugged it off and kept working.

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shrug off

not be bothered or hurt by something, disregard She is a little mean but we always just shrug off her comments.

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shrooms

psilocybin/psilocin, mushrooms; a kind of hallucinogenic mushroom

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headshrinker

n., slang, informal A psychoanalyst, also called a shrink. Forrester is falling apart; his family physician sent him to a head shrinker (to a shrink).

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short shrift|short|shrift

n. Little or no attention. Usually used with "get" or "give". In books about jobs, women's work is consistently given short shrift.

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shrug away|shrug|shrug off

v. To act as if you are not interested and do not care about something; not mind; not let yourself be bothered or hurt by. Alan shrugged off our questions; he would not tell us what had happened. Muriel shrugged away every attempt to comfort her. The ballplayer shrugged off the booing of the fans. Jim cut his hand but he tied a cloth around it and shrugged it away.

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give short shrift

give short shrift
see short shrift, give.

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short shrift, give

short shrift, give
Also, get short shrift. Give (or receive) cursory attention or little time. For example, The architect made elaborate plans for the entry but gave short shift to the back of the house. Literally, shrift refers to confession to a priest, who gives absolution and penance, and short shrift to the brief time allowed for this sacrament to a prisoner before execution. Shakespeare so used it in Richard III (3:4), but it came to be used more loosely in succeeding centuries. [Late 1800s]

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shrift

shrift
see short shrift, give.

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shrinking violet, a

shrinking violet, a
An extremely shy person, as in She was a shrinking violet until she went away to college. This metaphoric idiom refers to the flower, but the precise allusion is unclear, since violets thrive under a variety of conditions and often are considered a garden weed. [Early 1900s]

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shrug

shrug
shrug off
to dismiss or disregard in a carefree way

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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.