cold fish
Noun
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Noun
cold fish
- (idiomatic) A heartless individual; a person lacking empathy and emotion.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, act 4, scene 4:
- [I]t was thought she was a woman and was turned into a cold fish for she would not exchange flesh with one that loved her.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, act 4, scene 4:
- (slang) A sexual partner who, during sex, lacks vigor or emotional reciprocity.
- Ah, don't be such a cold fish!
- (heartless individual) wet blanket; see also Thesaurus:spoilsport
- (sexual partner who lacks vigor) dead fish, starfish
- French: pissefroid
- German: Griesgram
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