“Give someone the brush-off”in other languages
Reject or dismiss someone bluntly.
English
Greek
Spanish
Same idea, different pictures
English brushes the person away like dust off a coat. Greek eats the door, τρώω πόρτα: it slams in your face.
Spanish gives pumpkins, dar calabazas, mostly to a suitor being turned down. Why pumpkins is not clear.
More sayings in other languages
- Give someone the cold shoulder
- Give someone what for
- Go all out
- Go away empty-handed
- Go off on a tangent
- Go overboard
- Go pear-shaped
- Go to rack and ruin
- Go under the knife