<P> `` Cold shoulder '' is a phrase used to express dismissal or the act of disregarding someone . Its origin is attributed to Sir Walter Scott in a work published in 1816 , which is in fact a mistranslation of an expression from the Vulgate Bible . There is also a commonly repeated incorrect folk etymology . </P>
<P> `` Cold shoulder '' is a phrase used to express dismissal or the act of disregarding someone . Its origin is attributed to Sir Walter Scott in a work published in 1816 , which is in fact a mistranslation of an expression from the Vulgate Bible . There is also a commonly repeated incorrect folk etymology . </P>
where does the saying cold shoulder come from
where does the saying cold shoulder come from
Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott