Orlanda
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Hello! Could you help me with the following idioms?
In the book called "English Vocabulary in use" by Murphy I found two synonymical phrases "to leave somebody cold" and "not to do anything for somebody" in the same example sentence which mean to not make you feel interested or excited.
In addition to this, I heard one of the phrases in the TV show "Friends" in the dialog like this:
- Why don't you go out with him?
- I don't know. He doesn't do anything for me.
But later I read on a forum that "to leave somebody cold" has more of a negative meaning referring to people:
"It usually means there's something actively disagreeable or even cruel about the way a person behaves". So I got confused about it and my question is if I can use these two idioms interchangeably and if I can say: "He just leaves me cold" in the dialog above.
Thank you!
In the book called "English Vocabulary in use" by Murphy I found two synonymical phrases "to leave somebody cold" and "not to do anything for somebody" in the same example sentence which mean to not make you feel interested or excited.
In addition to this, I heard one of the phrases in the TV show "Friends" in the dialog like this:
- Why don't you go out with him?
- I don't know. He doesn't do anything for me.
But later I read on a forum that "to leave somebody cold" has more of a negative meaning referring to people:
"It usually means there's something actively disagreeable or even cruel about the way a person behaves". So I got confused about it and my question is if I can use these two idioms interchangeably and if I can say: "He just leaves me cold" in the dialog above.
Thank you!