Idioms using cold
Weather and temperature
ice cold / freezing cold / stone cold = very cold: "This tea is stone cold!"
a cold snap / a cold spell = cold weather: "We're in for a cold snap this weekend."
People
cold-hearted = not be a warm person: "She is so cold-hearted, ignoring her boyfriend like that!"
cold-blooded killer / kill someone in cold blood = have no mercy for your victim: "He was killed in cold blood."
cold fish = a "cold" person: "The new manager is a bit of a cold fish. I don't know what to make of him."
Lack of enthusiasm or emotion
get cold feet = when you suddenly don't feel brave enough for something: "We wanted to go on holiday to Egypt, then my husband got cold feet about flying."
blow hot and cold = not be able to decide something: "I don't know about moving house. I'm blowing hot and cold about it."
in the cold light of day = when you can think clearly about something: "In the cold light of day, the ghost stories didn't seem so scary."
cold facts = plain facts: "Just give me the cold facts!"
leave someone cold = not be interested in something / someone: "I'm afraid that watching football on TV just leaves me cold."
throw cold water on something = destroy other people's enthusiasm about something: "We thought we had some really good ideas, but then she threw cold water on them."
Relationships
leave someone out in the cold = not include someone: "While the others were playing cards, she was left out in the cold."
come in from the cold = be accepted into a group: "He's finally come in from the cold."
give someone the cold shoulder = ignore someone: "After the party,he was given the cold shoulder."
Cold War = the state of unfriendliness between the USA and the USSR after World War II: "We're studying the Cold War in history".
Others
be out cold = be unconscious: "After a bottle of whisky he was out cold."
go cold turkey = to go through withdrawal symptoms from drugs: "The only way to get off drugs is by going cold turkey."
cold call = call someone you don't know to sell them something: "Cold-calling isn't always an effective sales technique."
cold comfort = a small piece of good news which doesn't make much difference to a bad situation: "Sales reductions of 50% are cold comfort if you don't have any money to go shopping!"
get / catch a cold = become ill with a cold: "I caught a cold last week."
Idioms using hot
to be hot = very popular / fashionable: "Iceland is a really hot weekend destination at the moment."
a hot favourite = someone / something most likely to win: "Red Rum was always the hot favourite to win the Grand National."
a hot tip = important or useful suggestion: "He gave me a hot tip for my interview."
a hot topic = an issue which is important: "Climate change is a hot topic at the moment."
hot off the press = very new story: "This gossip is hot off the press."
to get too hot = become too dangerous: "Things are getting too hot and the relief agencies are pulling out of the area."
a hot date = a date with someone you find very attractive: "She's got a hot date tonight!"
hot stuff = attractive: "Her new boyfriend is hot stuff."
in the hot seat = in a position of responsibility: "You make the decisions – you're in the hot seat now!"
in hot water = in trouble because you have done something wrong: "If you send that email now, you'll find yourself in hot water with the boss."
have a hot temper = to get angry easily: "He has a hot temper, so don't provoke him into an argument."
get hot under the collar = get angry about something which isn't very important: "You always seem to get hot under the collar about people's driving habits. Don't let it worry you!"
hot and bothered = feeling uncomfortable, either because it's too hot, or because you have too much to do in too little time: "She's all hot and bothered now that she's been invited to the theatre this evening."
be like a cat on a hot tin roof = restless or jumpy: "He's like a cat on a hot tin roof with all this talk about redundancies."
in hot pursuit = to follow closely: "The pickpocket ran off, with members of the public in hot pursuit."
hot on the trail = close to finding something: "The police are hot on the trail of the mastermind behind the bank robbery."
hot air = something which is not as important or true as it sounds: "What he says is just a lot of hot air – don't take it too seriously."
more (something) than you've had hot dinners = an expression to mean that you've had a lot of something: "I've had more jobs than you've had hot dinners!"
be hot on someone's heels = closely following someone / running after someone.
"The police were hot in his heels."
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