Translations for „brush-off“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

brush-off N

brush-off

拒绝 jùjué

brush-off

摒弃 bǐngqì

Phrases:

get the brush-off

碰钉子 pèng dīngzi

give sb the brush-off

让某人碰钉子 ràng mǒurén pèng dīngzi

Usage examples with brush-off

get the brush-off

碰钉子 pèng dīngzi

give sb the brush-off

让某人碰钉子 ràng mǒurén pèng dīngzi

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

I got a polite brush-off.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The brush-off did give him an idea.

www.nzherald.co.nz

It is simply a brush-off.

www.thisismoney.co.uk

He got a polite brush-off instead.

phenomena.nationalgeographic.com

If nothing else, that reply gives a good idea of the brush-off householders can expect to receive if they complain when the tariff rates they were promised are cut.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk

Sometimes, having given an innocent user a brush-off from one fake profile, the pseudo team member would then message them from a different fake account to continue the fake flirting.

www.channel4.com

But surely a few must have called their local newspapers and gotten the brush-off.

news.nationalpost.com

And in a complete reversal the disinterested, shy or bashful look sideways a woman often gives is not the brush-off most men thought it was.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Can you imagine what she would have thought, said, done, if one of her staff had given her that brush-off.

www.independent.ie

He gets the same brush-off from a few more young women - some look embarrassed, others impatient.

www.bbc.co.uk