cold person
111give someone the cold shoulder — give (someone) the cold shoulder to behave towards someone in a way that is not at all friendly, sometimes for reasons that this person does not understand. What have I done to him? He gave me the cold shoulder the whole evening at the party …
112give the cold shoulder — give (someone) the cold shoulder to behave towards someone in a way that is not at all friendly, sometimes for reasons that this person does not understand. What have I done to him? He gave me the cold shoulder the whole evening at the party …
113blow cold — in. [for a person] to display disinterest. □ Lately, he’s sort of blown cold when I’m around. □ The committee blew cold as my plan unfolded …
114(a) cold fish — a cold fish phrase someone who is not friendly Thesaurus: people who are not happy, hopeful or friendlysynonym Main entry: fish * * * a cold ˈfish idiom a person who seems unfriendly and without strong emotions Main entry: ↑ …
115put something into cold storage — phrase to decide not to do or use something until later Thesaurus: to stop doing somethingsynonym to kill a person or animalsynonym Main entry: cold storage …
116To turn a cold shoulder to — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… …
117(a) cold fish — a person who does not seem very friendly and does not show their emotions. He isn t very demonstrative, but his mother was a cold fish so he probably gets it from her …
118as cold as ice — This idiom can be used to describe a person who does not show any emotion …
119Effects on the environment in Czechoslovakia from Soviet influence during the Cold War — BackgroundAfter World War II, the Soviet Union put in place five year plans in the East European countries imitating their own five year plans in order to recover from the war. The Soviets believed that the economic policies that helped them… …
120as cold as ice — freezing; person who is not warm and kind …
