give the time of day

Idioms  

1. see not give someone the time of day.

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Example Sentences

And that’s when they engage with it in the first place, the vast majority being unlikely to give the time of day to an entertainment so openly trumpeting its liberal bona fides.

From The Guardian

Cookies, she said, have brought her close to people she would otherwise never give the time of day, like her roommate at CookieCon, who was an ardent Trump supporter.

From New York Times

Once there, she cheerily knocked on doors of record labels, despite steep odds that anyone on Music Row would give the time of day to an 11-year-old.

From Los Angeles Times

The atomic clock, Essen noted, “did not give the time of day, of course, but this is not required.”

From Slate

“It was a big joke at Kesher — that he’d only give the time of day to women,” said Leah Sugarman, 30, of Silver Spring, Md., who converted with him.

From Washington Post