cut no ice
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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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