Photo by ATBO from Pexels“闭门羹”,中文俗语,意思是被摒拒在门外、被拒绝。
常用来形容遭到冷遇或碰壁。
可以翻译为“cold shoulder,give the cold shoulder”,表示“reject or be deliberately unfriendly”,也可以用“slam the door in somebody's face”。
例句:接下来这两名男子同样也给他吃了闭门羹。
These next two men also gave him the cold shoulder.这不是他第一次吃闭门羹。
It wasn't the first time he got the cold shoulder.Editor: Jade