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cold fish
noun Informal.
a person who is very reserved or aloof in manner or who lacks normal cordiality, sympathy, or other feeling.
Origin:
1940–45
1940–45
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Cold fish
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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World English Dictionary
| cold fish | |
| —n | |
| an unemotional and unfriendly person | |
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
cold fish
A 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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