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cut no ice

Idioms  
  1. Have no effect, make no impression, as in That excuse cuts no ice with me. This term predates modern refrigeration, when ice was obtained by cutting it from a large block with a sharp tool. [Late 1800s]


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This argument cut no ice with my parents.

From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2021

It shows that people really connect with the story, they really think hard about it, but it cut no ice with Dad.

From The Guardian • Dec. 10, 2018

This cut no ice with the Supreme Court.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2015

Godor's subsequent balancing on one leg to display his readiness to continue cut no ice with the official.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2012

Linda, on the contrary, cut no ice; nobody had the smallest desire to see Linda.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

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