English-French translations for shrug

• haussement
  Le Parlement a donc été court-circuité avec un haussement d’épaules. Parliament was therefore bypassed with a shrug of the shoulders.
  À Bruxelles, la Commission a répondu à l'appel à l'aide des victimes par un haussement d'épaules. The Commission in Brussels responded to the victims' cries for help with a shrugging of shoulders.
  Face à nos inquiétudes et notre consternation, ils affichent un haussement d’épaules d’autodétermination. In the face of all our concern and consternation they offer simply the shrug of self-determination.
• haussement d'épaules
  À Bruxelles, la Commission a répondu à l'appel à l'aide des victimes par un haussement d'épaules. The Commission in Brussels responded to the victims' cries for help with a shrugging of shoulders.
• hausser les épaules
  Nous contenterons-nous de hausser les épaules ? Do we simply shrug our shoulders?
  Les institutions européennes ne devraient pas se contenter de hausser les épaules. The European institutions should not simply shrug their shoulders.
  Vous pouvez hausser les épaules, mais il sera intéressant de connaître votre point de vue à ce sujet. You can shrug, but it will be interesting to hear your perspective on this.

Definition of shrug

• A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference
• A cropped, cardigan-like garment with short or long sleeves, typically knitted
• To raise to express uncertainty, lack of concern, dread, etc

Examples

• He dismissed my comment with a shrug.
• I asked him for an answer and he just shrugged.
• When he saw the problem, he just shrugged and started fixing it.

Related words

• shrugging
• shrug off
• shrug one's shoulders
• shrug your shoulders
• give a shrug