A financial planner treated us in a dismissive fashion and I want to say that he "gave us the back of his hand" but that phrase doesn't seem to have the meaning of dismissive. Does it or is there a similar idiom?
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Best Answer
I always liked the term "short shrift."
"The financial planner gave our proposal short shrift."
The OED gives the following definition:
The meaning of this seems to have broadened over time. Merriam Webster provides the following definition.