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
Episodes of the popular television series “The Crown” portrayed him as a cold fish, a cruel man, uncomfortable with himself.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022
Detractors called him “Slippery Slade” and “living proof that not all cold fish comes in a can.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2020
He introduces her to fine dining, fancy clothes, discreet makeup and the opera, while she transforms him from a cold fish into a free spirit.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2018
Clara, unshakable, led Blanca to a chair and served her a plate of cold fish with caper sauce.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
