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[cold] See: [BLOOD RUNS COLD], [BLOW HOT AND COLD], [CATCH COLD] or [TAKE COLD], [IN COLD BLOOD], [OUT COLD], [OUT IN THE COLD], [PASS OUT] (2), [STONE-COLD], [STOP COLD], [THROW […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

cold shoulder

[cold shoulder] {n.}, {informal} Unfriendly treatment of a person, a showing of dislike for a person or of looking down on a person. - Used in the cliches "give the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

blow hot and cold

[blow hot and cold] {v. phr.} To change your ways or likes often; be fickle or changeable. * /Tom blows hot and cold about coming out for the baseball team; […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

catch cold

[catch cold] {v. phr.} 1. or [take cold] To get a common cold-weather sickness that causes a running nose, sneezing, and sometimes sore throat and fever or other symptoms. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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