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
Detractors called him “Slippery Slade” and “living proof that not all cold fish comes in a can.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2020
He’s an egghead, and maybe also a bit of a cold fish.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2018
The hiyayakko, or chilled tofu, had all the personality of cold fish, while the ohitashi salad was little more than spinach drowning in dashi and bonito flakes that had lost their shimmy.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2018
“Fine, but what should I do with Ess?” asked Jinny, swallowing a mouthful of cold fish.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
