cold fish

cold fish
a) A heartless individual; a person lacking empathy and emotion.

[I]t was thought she was a woman and was turned into a cold fish for she would not exchange flesh with one that loved her.

b) A sexual partner who, during copulation, lacks vigor or emotional reciprocity.

Youre a cold fish. You have no heart.


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  • cold fish — n. a dull and unresponsive person. □ I hate to shake hands with a cold fish like that. He didn’t even smile. □ I hate going out with a cold fish. cold piece of work n. a person who is difficult to deal with. □ Buddy, you are a cold piece of work …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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  • cold fish — np An unresponsive person. My date for the dance was such a cold fish I left without him. 1940s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

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