灑手擰頭
saa2 sau2 ning6 tau2sǎ shǒu níng tóuinferred
English
- to refuse; literally: waving one's hand and shaking one's head
粵語 — Cantonese
- 拒絕;利用揈手、擰頭呢啲表示拒絕嘅身體語言嚟借喻
Examples
你叫佢做咩都實耍手兼擰頭㗎。
No matter what you are going to ask him to do, he must reject without hesitation.
人哋問佢借一兩蚊雞,佢都耍手擰頭。
When asked to lend a penny or two, he still refuses.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk