brush off

あしらう、無視する

人や物事を重要でないものとして扱い、ほとんど相手にしない。

やさしい英語で： To treat someone or something as unimportant and give them little or no attention.

• Don’t brush off her concerns.
• He brushed me off when I asked for help.
• She has brushed off every warning about the problem.

類義語： dismiss, ignore, disregard

反対語： heed

よく使う表現： brush someone off, brush off criticism, brush off a warning

払い落とす

ブラシや手でさっと払って、ほこりなどを取り除く。

やさしい英語で： To remove dirt or another loose substance using a brush or a sweeping hand movement.

• Brush off the dust.
• He brushed the crumbs off his jacket.
• Have you brushed all the dried mud off your boots?

使い方： brush something off something (She brushed the sand off her shoes.)

類義語： brush away, sweep off

よく使う表現： brush off dust, brush something off, brush off your coat