chladný jako led
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “cold as ice”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Phrase
[edit]- (simile) ice-cold, very cold
- Synonym: ledový
- 1875 December 2, Julius Zeyer, “Ondřej Černyšev”, in Lumír[1], 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.
- (simile, figuratively) ice-cold, without emotions, distant
- 1993, Jindřich Uher, Janáček – román života[2], 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.