II5b

When you don’t want to have anything to do with a certain person because you don’t like her, you might say, “I’d certainly like to give her the ________.”

This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.

COLD SHOULDER	6
BOOT	5
HEAVE-HO	5
SLIP	4
BUM’S RUSH	3
SHAFT	3
BRUSH OFF	2
A PIECE OF MY MIND	1
AN EARFUL	1

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