cold fish


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an aloof unemotional person

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We started with an appetizer consisting of several kinds of cold fish: smoked salmon, smoked halibut, lightly pickled herring, and boiled shrimp, with a classic German potato pancake on the side.
If you're getting accused of being a 'cold fish', then talking will bring you closer.
17 million will spent on setting up of boat repairing workshops along the coastal belt of the province and Rs, 25 million for introducing Semi Cold Fish Hatchery at Subakzai dam in Zhob district.
In not much more time than it takes to open a can, you can fork-mix any cold fish with a special tartar sauce and build salad-type sandwiches that outshine any you could make with canned tuna.
As Victor is more passionate about food than her, it doesn't take much deduction to realise Sophie's initial dislike of 'cold fish' Charlie will turn to love.
It is not the anger of Rooney or Ronaldo that is likely to be troubling Ferguson, but the apparent lack of passion in Dimitar Berbatov - referred to as 'Sushi' by one Spurs player I know, because he was such a cold fish.
"You know, I shouldn't really say this," she confided, "but he can be a bit of a cold fish."
The monitors will record each wild penguin's heart rate, location, water depth and throat temperature, telling scientists when they have swallowed a cold fish.
"We all had a good laugh when Gordon Gay, whose parents owned a fish and chip shop, got out his cold fish sandwiches for lunch.
Except for George (Andrey Panin), the revolutionists' cold fish of a leader; the rank and file's intensity markedly contrasts with the promiscuous decadence of the overall milieu.
Although the water is cold fish are rising well to dry flies most days.
Acclaimed for his vibrant performances onstage, he was a notoriously cold fish in rehearsal.
Former Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding "She does have a sense of humour, but she is a bit of a cold fish."
Instead of an evil, terrifying power-mad monster he seemed more of a sneering (and unusually elegant) cold fish, and his showcase Act One 'Gia, mi decon venal' and 'Te Deum' numbers went largely for nothing.
Beautifully shot, loaded with atmosphere and boasting perhaps Nicole Kidman's best-ever performance, it's still a cold fish of a film with zilch emotional resonance.