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Czech
Etymology
Literally, “cold as ice”.
Pronunciation
Phrase
chladný jako led
- (simile) ice-cold, very cold
- Synonym: ledový
1875 December 2, Julius Zeyer, “Ondřej Černyšev”, in Lumír, 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, 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.