idioms

  give someone the cold shoulder (to treat someone in a cold manner, ignore someone) I tried to be nice to him, but he gave me the cold shoulder. He gave her girlfriend the cold shoulder.   envocabulary.com

  pour cold water  informal (say or do something to discourage) Sorry, I didn’t mean to pour cold water on your suggestion. Don’t pour cold water on her optimism. You’re always trying to throw cold water on my ideas. also, throw cold water   envocabulary.com

  fat chance (little or no chance) Many people applied for the job, and I have a fat chance to get it. You want me to go on a date with you? Fat chance!   envocabulary.com

  go haywire informal (stop working properly; become out of control) My computer seems to have gone haywire. Everything in the office will go haywire if I take a day off.   envocabulary.com

  under wraps (concealed; secret) We want to keep this plan under wraps for a while. They’ve kept the project under wraps for years. Most of the documents are still under wraps.   envocabulary.com