Cut no ice with

[Johnyxxx]

Hello,

Does the sentece sound natural?

"Our little daughter dug her heels in and nobody colud cut any ice with her."

Thanks.

 

[GoesStation]

It contains a typo -- can you spot it?

"To cut any ice" sounds somewhat old-fashioned to me. I'm having trouble figuring out what the sentence is supposed to mean, so I guess it doesn't sound terribly natural to me.

 

[Rover_KE]

No, Johny, it doesn't mean that. 'Cuts no ice with' means 'doesn't make any impression on'.
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'When I took my little daughter's iPad off her she threw a tantrum, but it didn't cut any ice with me' (it didn't persuade me to give it back).

 

[Johnyxxx]

Vow, for a long time, I had been sure the idiom meant something else.

Thanks.

 

[probus]

"Our little daughter dug her heels in and nobody could cut any ice with her."

"Cuts no ice with" is contradictory and defiant. "That cuts no ice with me" means "I don't care what you think. I am right and you are wrong."

"Cuts any ice" I have never heard.

 

[teechar]

[STRIKE]Vow,[/STRIKE] Wow! For a long time, I had been sure that idiom meant something else.

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