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cold fish
cold fishn. Informal An aloof or emotionally reserved person.cold fish n an unemotional and unfriendly person cold′ fish′
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Informal. a person who is aloof and lacking in cordiality or sympathy. [1940–45] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | cold fish - an aloof unemotional persondisagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
cold fish
cold fishSomeone who shows no emotion and comes across as unfriendly or disinterested. The manager decided not to hire Bill as the store greeter because he came across like a cold fish during the interview.See also: cold, fish*cold fishFig. a person who is distant and unfeeling. (*Typically: act like ~; be ~.) Bob is so dull—a real cold fish. She hardly ever speaks to anyone. She's a cold fish.See also: cold, fishcold fishA hard-hearted, unfeeling individual, one who shows no emotion, as in Not even the eulogy moved him; he's a real cold fish. This expression was used by Shakespeare in The Winter's Tale (4:4): "It was thought she was a woman, and was turn'd into a cold fish." However, it came into wider use only in the first half of the 1900s. See also: cold, fisha cold fish If you call someone a cold fish, you mean that they do not show their emotions and can seem unfriendly or unsympathetic. Since the President is generally seen as a cold fish, it is all the more impressive when he does show his feelings. He didn't really show much emotion — he's a bit of a cold fish.See also: cold, fisha ˌcold ˈfish (disapproving) a person who shows little or no emotion, or is unfriendly, reserved, etc: When I first met him, he seemed rather a cold fish, but actually he’s quite passionate.See also: cold, fishcold fish n. a dull and unresponsive person. I hate to shake hands with a cold fish like that. He didn’t even smile. See also: cold, fishcold fish, aA person who is unfeeling, or at least shows no emotion. “Cooler than a fish on a cake of ice,” P. G. Wodehouse put it (Money in the Bank, 1942). He was scarcely the first. Shakespeare wrote, “It was thought she was a woman and was turned into a cold fish” (Autolycus telling of a ballad against the hard hearts of maids, The Winter’s Tale, 4.4). See also cold heart.See also: coldcold fish
Words related to cold fishnoun an aloof unemotional personRelated Words- disagreeable person
- unpleasant person
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