cold

cold idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with cold, also see blow hot and cold; catch cold; come in from the cold; in a cold sweat; in cold blood; in cold storage; in the cold light of day; knock out (cold); leave one cold; make one's blood run cold; out cold; out in the cold; pour cold water on; stone cold; stop cold.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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