Sometimes it seems easier to shrug off a new concept or task that appears difficult than to invest the time to master it.
The company is enjoying rising sales as Chinese consumers shrug off the country's slowing economic growth and continue their online buying spree.
The increasingly convenient internet consumer-finance services in China have helped more people to shrug off concerns about shopping as they can afford more purchases by borrowing small loans.
In previous years, when China's economy was smaller and less connected to the rest of the world, investors tended to shrug off such mixed signals.
I dare say some FT readers will shrug their shoulders at this, given that western companies have been using digital networks to eliminate workers for many years.
I gave him a shrug and shook my head.
Usually I just laugh or shrug it off; it makes for funny conversation banter.
Often said with a dismissive shrug, "no problem" can be interpreted as simply denying that being kind is an inconvenience.
As the latest trend in New York this summer, smashed cucumbers and "their craggy edges and rough surfaces absorb flavors and form relationships in seconds," as opposed to sliced cucumbers, which tend to "shrug" off the dressing.
When you go back to work, plan some weekend outings to keep the feeling of doing something different going and even if bigger dreams start to get a reality, check it might be better to keep discussing them than to shrug them off altogether.
The only way you can shrug it off is if you resolve to just not care.
I have been rehearsing it vigorously, amazed at how amply I now shrug off annoyances that once would have knocked me off my perch.
Getting that dreaded rejection letter stinks at first, but eventually you become able to just shrug it off and go on to the next one.
" Another shrug.
The news landed in Hollywood with a wait-and-see shrug.
Russia's government has tried to shrug off the ratings actions.
" I gave a shrug and sank in the sofa by the fireplace.
The owner of the hamburger stand was rather surprised to see a man walk in with three iguanas, but when the man ordered four hamburgers with fries, the owner complied with a shrug.
Still, "It's a lot easier to shrug that off than to pass the silent judgment of people" who he said he felt were staring at his bald splotches.
The big things that irritate everyone else, virgos can shrug off.
