chladný jako led

Czech

Etymology

Literally, “cold as ice”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈxladniː ˈjako ˈlɛt]

Phrase

chladný jako led

  1. (simile) ice-cold, very cold
    Synonym: ledový
    • 1875 December 2, Julius Zeyer, “Ondřej Černyšev”, in Lumír‎, volume III, number 48, page 582:
      […] když se Kateřina ruky její dotkla, cítila, že byla chladná jako led.
      […] when Kateřina touched her hand, she felt it was ice-cold.
  2. (simile, figuratively) ice-cold, without emotions, distant
    • 1993, Jindřich Uher, Janáček – román života‎, Praha: Český spisovatel, →ISBN, page 305:
      Krasavice bezmála tři sta třicet let stará a věčně mladá, ale jen vyhořelý cit! Brrrrrr. Chladná jako led.
      The beauty was almost three hundred and thirty years old and forever young, but only with burnt-out emotions. Brrrrrr. Cold as ice.
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