cold as a mackerel

The idiom "cold as a mackerel" likens someone or something to the coldness of a mackerel, often used to describe emotional detachment or physical coldness.

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Definition

B2Emotional State

(informal, idiomatic)Unemotional and indifferent.

Example

  • Despite the tragic news, he remained as cold as a mackerel.

B2Physical Temperature

(informal, idiomatic)Extremely cold in temperature.

Example

  • The basement felt cold as a mackerel after the heater broke.

Similar

Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "cold as a mackerel":

freezing coldcold fishstink like a mackerelcold spellcold work