cold-fish

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“I used to say, ‘I don’t understand why you’re such a cold fish,’ and George would say, ‘I may be a cold fish, but you’re full of beans’ — and that was our chemistry.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Detractors called him “Slippery Slade” and “living proof that not all cold fish comes in a can.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2020

The hiyayakko, or chilled tofu, had all the personality of cold fish, while the ohitashi salad was little more than spinach drowning in dashi and bonito flakes that had lost their shimmy.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2018

A human being is obliged to be human, not a cold fish, in my view.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2018

Clara, unshakable, led Blanca to a chair and served her a plate of cold fish with caper sauce.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende