cold fish
Example Sentences
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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
A human being is obliged to be human, not a cold fish, in my view.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2018
But compared to Wanda, it’s a cold fish.
From The Guardian • May 1, 2017
“Fine, but what should I do with Ess?” asked Jinny, swallowing a mouthful of cold fish.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
