cold-fish
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It’s true that a lot of drama these days has a cold-fish quality.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 12, 2019
Weirdly, and perhaps as a result of disliking her cold-fish co-star so intensely, Day’s emotional unsteadiness and fear look much more genuine.
From The Guardian ● May 13, 2019
Do Steve Carell’s facial prostheses and extreme physical transformation enhance his performance as the cold-fish billionaire John du Pont, or get in the way?
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2015
But under his cold-fish epistemological gaze, that isn't quite good enough.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2011
That would have been where cold-fish Balmordan hadn't been able to make it against his mind-blocks finally.
From Legacy by James H. Schmitz
“I used to say, ‘I don’t understand why you’re such a cold fish,’ and George would say, ‘I may be a cold fish, but you’re full of beans’ — and that was our chemistry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
If being a cold fish is, as the cliché would have it, a British quality, then the series is very British indeed.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
The buffet table included pickled salads, pâté, cold fish wraps and twarog — something like a white farmer cheese — most of which we also piled on our plates.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2021
Detractors called him “Slippery Slade” and “living proof that not all cold fish comes in a can.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2020
“Fine, but what should I do with Ess?” asked Jinny, swallowing a mouthful of cold fish.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
