(as) cold as ice
(as) cold as ice
1. Extremely cold in temperature. My feet are cold as ice after being outside for hours. I'm wearing three sweaters because it's as cold as ice in here!
2. Distant or unfriendly in temperament. Is Heather mad at me? She was as cold as ice when I tried to talk to her earlier.
3. Utterly unfeeling or unsympathetic. He looked at me with eyes as cold as ice, and I realized that he had no intention of helping me.
See also: cold, ice
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
cold as ice
1. If someone or something is as cold as ice, they are very cold. A hand that felt as cold as ice touched her forehead. Note: People also use the much more frequent adjective ice-cold to mean the same thing. He took a mouthful of the ice cold beer. He felt a lash of fear, running ice-cold down his spine.
2. If a person or their words are as cold as ice, they are very unfriendly. The next morning she sat, cold as ice, through breakfast.
See also: cold, ice
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- cold as ice
- be (as) cold as ice
- freezing cold
- (as) cold as a well digger's feet (in January)
- grow cold
- take cold
- (as) cold as any stone
- cold snap
- Baby it’s cold outside
- baby, it's cold outside