词汇 | brush off something |
释义 | Idiom brush off somethingbrush off (someone/something) to not accept someone or something as being important.When she told me my project would be a better television film than a feature film, I thought she was brushing me off.But the prime minister brushed off that criticism, saying it was just talk. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of brush something off (= to remove something from a surface by moving your hand quickly over it) |
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