cold-fish

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Episodes of the popular television series “The Crown” portrayed him as a cold fish, a cruel man, uncomfortable with himself.

From Washington Post

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

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

A bowl of cold fish is almost mandatory.

From New York Times

She thinks he is a "cold fish," and wants to ask a younger woman — whom she has met through departmental social events only — to do her surgery.

From Washington Post