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szdaily -> Speak Shenzhen
Cut no ice with
     2015-March-30  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

    Ice是“冰”,cut no ice with是什么意思呢?请看对话:

    A: Are you really planning to break up with Daisy?

    B: Yes, I am. I just cannot put up with her any more. It took me great trouble to get two front-row tickets to the finals of the badminton championship. When we finally got to the stadium, she told me she had left the tickets on her couch!

    A: Perhaps she was in a hurry.

    B: She always has something important on her mind. I’ve heard her excuses and they cut no ice with me.

    Note: The idiom means to have no influence or fail to impress. This term predates modern refrigeration, when ice was obtained by cutting it from a large block with a sharp tool. You can imagine that if the tool is not sharp enough, it will not be able to cut ice from the block, as it is very hard.

    

    

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