閉門羹
simp闭门羹bai3 mun4 gang1bì mén gēng
English
- (fig.) denial of entry; flat refusal; cold rebuff
- to refuse seeing somebody, to turn somebody down; literally, close door soup
粵語 — Cantonese
- 去人哋屋企拜訪嘅時候屋主唔俾人客入屋,或者臨時被拒絕見面。
Examples
我都係唔揾佢喇,費事俾人請我食閉門羹啦。
I'm not going to bother with him, to avoid rejection.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk